try: from simplejson import dumps as json_dumps, loads as json_lds

except ImportError: # pragma: no cover

    try: from json import dumps as json_dumps, loads as json_lds

    except ImportError:

        try: from django.utils.simplejson import dumps as json_dumps, loads as json_lds

        except ImportError:

            def json_dumps(data):

                raise ImportError("JSON support requires Python 2.6 or simplejson.")

            json_lds = json_dumps

# We now try to fix 2.5/2.6/3.1/3.2 incompatibilities.

# It ain't pretty but it works... Sorry for the mess.

py   = sys.version_info

py3k = py >= (3, 0, 0)

py25 = py <  (2, 6, 0)

py31 = (3, 1, 0) <= py < (3, 2, 0)

# Workaround for the missing "as" keyword in py3k.

def _e(): return sys.exc_info()[1]

# Workaround for the "print is a keyword/function" Python 2/3 dilemma

# and a fallback for mod_wsgi (resticts stdout/err attribute access)

try:

    _stdout, _stderr = sys.stdout.write, sys.stderr.write

except IOError:

    _stdout = lambda x: sys.stdout.write(x)

    _stderr = lambda x: sys.stderr.write(x)