Appease pyflakes8-3

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/compat.py b/youtube_dl/compat.py
index 497ca52de..ec685d50e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/compat.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/compat.py
@@ -114,6 +114,26 @@ except ImportError:
             string += pct_sequence.decode(encoding, errors)
         return string
 
+try:
+    compat_str = unicode  # Python 2
+except NameError:
+    compat_str = str
+
+try:
+    compat_basestr = basestring  # Python 2
+except NameError:
+    compat_basestr = str
+
+try:
+    compat_chr = unichr  # Python 2
+except NameError:
+    compat_chr = chr
+
+try:
+    from xml.etree.ElementTree import ParseError as compat_xml_parse_error
+except ImportError:  # Python 2.6
+    from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError as compat_xml_parse_error
+
 
 try:
     from urllib.parse import parse_qs as compat_parse_qs
@@ -123,7 +143,7 @@ except ImportError:  # Python 2
 
     def _parse_qsl(qs, keep_blank_values=False, strict_parsing=False,
                    encoding='utf-8', errors='replace'):
-        qs, _coerce_result = qs, unicode
+        qs, _coerce_result = qs, compat_str
         pairs = [s2 for s1 in qs.split('&') for s2 in s1.split(';')]
         r = []
         for name_value in pairs:
@@ -163,21 +183,6 @@ except ImportError:  # Python 2
         return parsed_result
 
 try:
-    compat_str = unicode  # Python 2
-except NameError:
-    compat_str = str
-
-try:
-    compat_chr = unichr  # Python 2
-except NameError:
-    compat_chr = chr
-
-try:
-    from xml.etree.ElementTree import ParseError as compat_xml_parse_error
-except ImportError:  # Python 2.6
-    from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError as compat_xml_parse_error
-
-try:
     from shlex import quote as shlex_quote
 except ImportError:  # Python < 3.3
     def shlex_quote(s):