first step in python3 support

weboob/tools/compat.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2014 Romain Bignon
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+__all__ = ['unicode', 'long', 'basestring']
+
+
+try:
+    unicode = unicode
+except NameError:
+    unicode = str
+
+try:
+    long = long
+except NameError:
+    long = int
+
+try:
+    basestring = basestring
+except NameError:
+    basestring = str