def _pyside():
    """Initialise PySide"""

    import PySide as module
    extras = ["QtUiTools"]
    try:
        try:
            # Before merge of PySide and shiboken
            import shiboken
        except ImportError:
            # After merge of PySide and shiboken, May 2017
            from PySide import shiboken
        extras.append("shiboken")
    except ImportError:
        pass

    _setup(module, extras)
    Qt.__binding_version__ = module.__version__

    if hasattr(Qt, "_shiboken"):
        Qt.QtCompat.wrapInstance = _wrapinstance
        Qt.QtCompat.getCppPointer = _getcpppointer

    if hasattr(Qt, "_QtUiTools"):
        Qt.QtCompat.loadUi = _loadUi

    if hasattr(Qt, "_QtGui"):
        setattr(Qt, "QtWidgets", _new_module("QtWidgets"))
        setattr(Qt, "_QtWidgets", Qt._QtGui)
        if hasattr(Qt._QtGui, "QX11Info"):
            setattr(Qt, "QtX11Extras", _new_module("QtX11Extras"))
            Qt.QtX11Extras.QX11Info = Qt._QtGui.QX11Info

        Qt.QtCompat.setSectionResizeMode = Qt._QtGui.QHeaderView.setResizeMode

    if hasattr(Qt, "_QtCore"):
        Qt.__qt_version__ = Qt._QtCore.qVersion()

    _reassign_misplaced_members("PySide")
    _build_compatibility_members("PySide")