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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def encoding(self):
 """ encoding of Response.content. if Response.encoding is None, encoding will be guessed by header or content or chardet if available. """

        if hasattr(self, '_encoding'):
            return self._encoding

        # content is unicode
        if isinstance(self.content, six.text_type):
            return 'unicode'

        # Try charset from content-type or content
        encoding = get_encoding(self.headers, self.content)

        # Fallback to auto-detected encoding.
        if not encoding and chardet is not None:
            encoding = chardet.detect(self.content[:600])['encoding']

        if encoding and encoding.lower() == 'gb2312':
            encoding = 'gb18030'

        self._encoding = encoding or 'utf-8'
        return self._encoding