text: """ A tiny version of `six` to help with backwards compability. """
  
  import sys
  
  PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
  PY26 = sys.version_info[0:2] == (2, 6)
  PY27 = sys.version_info[0:2] == (2, 7)
  PY275 = sys.version_info[0:3] >= (2, 7, 5)
  PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3
  PY34 = sys.version_info[0:2] >= (3, 4)
  
  if PY3:
      string_types = (str,)
      binary_type = bytes
      range_func = range
      memoryview_type = memoryview
      struct_bool_decl = "?"
  else:
      string_types = (basestring,)
      binary_type = str
      range_func = xrange
      if PY26 or (PY27 and not PY275):
          memoryview_type = buffer
          struct_bool_decl = "<b"
      else:
          memoryview_type = memoryview
          struct_bool_decl = "?"
  
  # NOTE: Future Jython support may require code here (look at `six`).
  