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diff --git a/src/pygame/compat.py b/src/pygame/compat.py
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+"""Python 2.x/3.x compatibility tools"""
+
+import sys
+
+__all__ = ['geterror', 'long_', 'xrange_', 'ord_', 'unichr_',
+           'unicode_', 'raw_input_']
+
+def geterror ():
+    return sys.exc_info()[1]
+
+try:
+    long_ = long
+except NameError:
+    long_ = int
+
+try:
+    xrange_ = xrange
+except NameError:
+    xrange_ = range
+
+def get_BytesIO():
+    try:
+        from cStringIO import StringIO as BytesIO
+    except ImportError:
+        from io import BytesIO
+    return BytesIO
+
+def ord_(o):
+    try:
+        return ord(o)
+    except TypeError:
+        return o
+
+try:
+    unichr_ = unichr
+except NameError:
+    unichr_ = chr
+
+try:
+    unicode_ = unicode
+except NameError:
+    unicode_ = str
+
+try:
+    raw_input_ = raw_input
+except NameError:
+    raw_input_ = input