Module compat

@author: Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@sabayonlinux.org>
@contact: lxnay@sabayonlinux.org
@copyright: Fabio Erculiani
@copyright: Gentoo Foundation
@license: GPL-2

B{Entropy Compatibility Layer between Python versions}.
Must be imported this way:
    from entropy.compat import *

NOTE: Once Python 2.x is phased out, this code will be removed
entirely.

Thanks to Portage developers for providing such a big compat stuff.
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