Python 3 preparation: StringIO. This generally arranges for StringIO and cStringIO references to use io.StringIO for Python 3 but io.BytesIO for Python 2, consistent with the string representations generally used in Roundup. A special FasterStringIO in the TAL code, which referenced internals of the old Python 2 StringIO module, is cut down so it doesn't actually do anything beyond the StringIO class it inherits from (it would also be reasonable to remove FasterStringIO completely). One place in roundup_server.py clearly needing binary I/O is made to use io.BytesIO unconditionally.

roundup.anypy package - Python version compatibility layer
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Roundup currently supports Python 2.3 to 2.6; however, some modules
have been introduced, while others have been deprecated.  The modules
in this package provide the functionalities which are used by Roundup

- adapting the most recent Python usage
- using new built-in functionality
- avoiding deprecation warnings

Use the modules in this package to preserve Roundup's compatibility.

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