+    if platform.python_implementation() == 'IronPython' and sys.version_info < (2, 7, 8):
+        class compat_Struct(struct.Struct):
+            def unpack(self, string):
+                if not isinstance(string, buffer):  # noqa: F821
+                    string = buffer(string)  # noqa: F821
+                return super(compat_Struct, self).unpack(string)
+    else:
+        compat_Struct = struct.Struct
+
+
+try:
+    from future_builtins import zip as compat_zip
+except ImportError:  # not 2.6+ or is 3.x
+    try:
+        from itertools import izip as compat_zip  # < 2.5 or 3.x
+    except ImportError:
+        compat_zip = zip
+
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 3):
+    def compat_b64decode(s, *args, **kwargs):
+        if isinstance(s, compat_str):
+            s = s.encode('ascii')
+        return base64.b64decode(s, *args, **kwargs)
+else:
+    compat_b64decode = base64.b64decode
+
+
+if platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy' and sys.pypy_version_info < (5, 4, 0):
+    # PyPy2 prior to version 5.4.0 expects byte strings as Windows function
+    # names, see the original PyPy issue [1] and the youtube-dl one [2].
+    # 1. https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/issues/2360/windows-ctypescdll-typeerror-function-name
+    # 2. https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/pull/4392
+    def compat_ctypes_WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs):
+        real = ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        def resf(tpl, *args, **kwargs):
+            funcname, dll = tpl
+            return real((str(funcname), dll), *args, **kwargs)
+
+        return resf
+else:
+    def compat_ctypes_WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs):
+        return ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs)