source: uri/rfc3986/compat.py@ 1111

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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"""Compatibility module for Python 2 and 3 support."""
import sys

try:
    from urllib.parse import quote as urlquote
except ImportError:  # Python 2.x
    from urllib import quote as urlquote

try:
    from urllib.parse import parse_qsl
except ImportError:  # Python 2.x
    from urlparse import parse_qsl

try:
    from urllib.parse import urlencode
except ImportError:  # Python 2.x
    from urllib import urlencode

__all__ = (
    "to_bytes",
    "to_str",
    "urlquote",
    "urlencode",
    "parse_qsl",
)

PY3 = (3, 0) <= sys.version_info < (4, 0)
PY2 = (2, 6) <= sys.version_info < (2, 8)


if PY3:
    unicode = str  # Python 3.x


def to_str(b, encoding="utf-8"):
    """Ensure that b is text in the specified encoding."""
    if hasattr(b, "decode") and not isinstance(b, unicode):
        b = b.decode(encoding)
    return b


def to_bytes(s, encoding="utf-8"):
    """Ensure that s is converted to bytes from the encoding."""
    if hasattr(s, "encode") and not isinstance(s, bytes):
        s = s.encode(encoding)
    return s