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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 encode(name, values, strict=True, encoding=pyamf.AMF0):
 """ Produces a SharedObject encoded stream based on the name and values. @param name: The root name of the SharedObject. @param values: A `dict` of name value pairs to be encoded in the stream. @param strict: Ensure that the SOL stream is as spec compatible as possible. @return: A SharedObject encoded stream. @rtype: L{BufferedByteStream<pyamf.util.BufferedByteStream>}, a file like object. """

    encoder = pyamf.get_encoder(encoding)
    stream = encoder.stream

    # write the header
    stream.write(HEADER_VERSION)

    if strict:
        length_pos = stream.tell()

    stream.write_ulong(0)

    # write the signature
    stream.write(HEADER_SIGNATURE)

    # write the root name
    name = name.encode('utf-8')

    stream.write_ushort(len(name))
    stream.write(name)

    # write the padding
    stream.write(PADDING_BYTE * 3)
    stream.write_uchar(encoding)

    for n, v in values.iteritems():
        encoder.serialiseString(n)
        encoder.writeElement(v)

        # write the padding
        stream.write(PADDING_BYTE)

    if strict:
        stream.seek(length_pos)
        stream.write_ulong(stream.remaining() - 4)

    stream.seek(0)

    return stream