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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 maybe_encode(value):
 """ If value is a sequence of strings, encode it """

    if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)) and isinstance(value[0], str):
        return encode(value)
    return value