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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 decode(self, value, force=False):
        "Return a unicode string from the byte representation"
        if (self.decode_responses or force) and isinstance(value, bytes):
            value = value.decode(self.encoding, self.encoding_errors)
        return value