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The uu module was deprecated in Python 3.11 and removed in Python 3.13, but uuencode/uudecode functionality is still available in the standard library by using the "uu" codec with codecs.encode and codecs.decode.

Mention this in the remains of the "uu" module documentation.

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The uu module was deprecated in Python 3.11 and removed in Python 3.13, but uuencode/uudecode functionality is still available in the standard library by using the "uu" codec with codecs.encode and codecs.decode.

Mention this in the remains of the "uu" module documentation.
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