'Create an instance for the channel named "name"'

def __init__(self, name, alias=DEFAULT_CHANNEL_LAYER, channel_layer=None):

    if isinstance(name, six.binary_type):
        name = name.decode(u'ascii')
    self.name = name
    if channel_layer:
        self.channel_layer = channel_layer
    else:
        self.channel_layer = channel_layers[alias]
