from __future__ import absolute_import

import sys

if sys.version_info < (3,):
    compat_ord = ord
else:
    def compat_ord(char):
        return char

try:
    from itertools import izip
    compat_izip = izip
except ImportError:
    compat_izip = zip

try:
    from cStringIO import StringIO
except ImportError:
    from io import StringIO

try: 
    from BytesIO import BytesIO
except ImportError: 
    from io import BytesIO
        
if sys.version_info < (3,):
    def iteritems(d, **kw):
        return d.iteritems(**kw)
else:
    def iteritems(d, **kw):
        return iter(d.items(**kw))