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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(cls, value):
 """ take a list and turn it into a utf-8 encoded byte-string for redis. :param value: list :return: bytes """

        try:
            coerced = list(value)
            if coerced == value:
                return json.dumps(coerced).encode(cls._encoding)
        except TypeError:
            pass

        raise InvalidValue('not a list')