text: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  """
  pythoncompat
  """
  
  import sys
  
  # -------
  # Pythons
  # -------
  
  # Syntax sugar.
  _ver = sys.version_info
  
  #: Python 2.x?
  is_py2 = (_ver[0] == 2)
  
  #: Python 3.x?
  is_py3 = (_ver[0] == 3)
  
  try:
      import simplejson as json
  except (ImportError, SyntaxError):
      # simplejson does not support Python 3.2, it throws a SyntaxError
      # because of u'...' Unicode literals.
      import json
  
  # ---------
  # Specifics
  # ---------
  
  if is_py2:
      from urllib import quote, unquote, quote_plus, unquote_plus, urlencode, getproxies, proxy_bypass
      from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse, urljoin, urlsplit, urldefrag
      from StringIO import StringIO
  
      builtin_str = str
      bytes = str
      str = unicode
      basestring = basestring
      numeric_types = (int, long, float)
  
  elif is_py3:
      from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse, urljoin, urlsplit, urlencode, quote, unquote, quote_plus, unquote_plus, urldefrag
      from urllib.request import parse_http_list, getproxies, proxy_bypass
      from io import StringIO
      from collections import OrderedDict
  
      builtin_str = str
      str = str
      bytes = bytes
      basestring = (str, bytes)
      numeric_types = (int, float)
  