`libearth.compat` — Compatibility layer¶

This module provides several subtle things to support multiple Python versions (2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3) and VM implementations (CPython, PyPy).

libearth.compat.IRON_PYTHON = False¶: (bool) Whether it is IronPython or not.

libearth.compat.UNICODE_BY_DEFAULT = False¶: (bool) Whether the Python VM uses Unicode strings by default. It must be True if PY3 or IronPython.

libearth.compat.binary(string, var=None)¶

Makes string to str in Python 2. Makes string to bytes in Python 3 or IronPython.

Parameters:	string (`bytes`, `str`, `unicode`) – a string to cast it to `binary_type` var (`str`) – an optional variable name to be used for error message

libearth.compat.binary_type¶

(type) Type for representing binary data. str in Python 2 and bytes in Python 3.

alias of str

libearth.compat.encode_filename(filename)¶: If filename is a text_type, encode it to binary_type according to filesystem’s default encoding.

libearth.compat.file_types = (<class 'io.RawIOBase'>, <type 'file'>)¶: (type, tuple) Types for file objects that have fileno().

libearth.compat.string_type¶

(type) Type for text data. basestring in Python 2 and str in Python 3.

alias of basestring

libearth.compat.text(string)¶

Makes string to str in Python 3 or IronPython. Does nothing in Python 2.

Parameters:	string (`bytes`, `str`, `unicode`) – a string to cast it to `text_type`

libearth.compat.text_type¶

(type) Type for representing Unicode textual data. unicode in Python 2 and str in Python 3.

alias of unicode

class libearth.compat.xrange(stop) → xrange object¶: The xrange() function. Alias for range() in Python 3.

libearth.compat — Compatibility layer¶