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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_regex(name, value, dummy0, dummy1):
 """Encode a python regex or bson.regex.Regex."""

    flags = value.flags
    # Python 2 common case
    if flags == 0:
        return b"\x0B" + name + _make_c_string_check(value.pattern) + b"\x00"
    # Python 3 common case
    elif flags == re.UNICODE:
        return b"\x0B" + name + _make_c_string_check(value.pattern) + b"u\x00"
    else:
        sflags = b""
        if flags & re.IGNORECASE:
            sflags += b"i"
        if flags & re.LOCALE:
            sflags += b"l"
        if flags & re.MULTILINE:
            sflags += b"m"
        if flags & re.DOTALL:
            sflags += b"s"
        if flags & re.UNICODE:
            sflags += b"u"
        if flags & re.VERBOSE:
            sflags += b"x"
        sflags += b"\x00"
        return b"\x0B" + name + _make_c_string_check(value.pattern) + sflags