compatibility fixes

Author: jeremylow

tests/test_twitter_utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import sys
 import unittest
 
 import twitter
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@
 
 from twitter import twitter_utils as utils
 
+if sys.version_info > (3,):
+    unicode = str
+
 
 class ApiTest(unittest.TestCase):
 

twitter/twitter_utils.py

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 if sys.version_info < (3,):
     range = xrange
 
+if sys.version_info > (3,):
+    unicode = str
+
 CHAR_RANGES = [
     range(0, 4351),
     range(8192, 8205),