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class/cachelib/_compat.py

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+# flake8: noqa
+import sys
+
+PY2 = sys.version_info[0] == 2
+
+if PY2:
+    text_type = unicode
+    string_types = (str, unicode)
+    integer_types = (int, long)
+    iteritems = lambda d, *args, **kwargs: d.iteritems(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def to_native(x, charset=sys.getdefaultencoding(), errors='strict'):
+        if x is None or isinstance(x, str):
+            return x
+        return x.encode(charset, errors)
+
+else:
+    text_type = str
+    string_types = (str, )
+    integer_types = (int, )
+    iteritems = lambda d, *args, **kwargs: iter(d.items(*args, **kwargs))
+
+    def to_native(x, charset=sys.getdefaultencoding(), errors='strict'):
+        if x is None or isinstance(x, str):
+            return x
+        return x.decode(charset, errors)