typedef int Py_ssize_t;
#endif
+#if (PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x02060000) /* really: before python trunk r63675 */
+/* This code now uses PyBytes* API function names instead of PyString*.
+ * These #defines map to their equivalent on earlier python versions. */
+#define PyBytes_FromStringAndSize PyString_FromStringAndSize
+#define PyBytes_FromString PyString_FromString
+#define PyBytes_AsStringAndSize PyString_AsStringAndSize
+#define PyBytes_Check PyString_Check
+#define PyBytes_GET_SIZE PyString_GET_SIZE
+#define PyBytes_AS_STRING PyString_AS_STRING
+#endif
+
#ifdef WITH_THREAD
/* These are for when calling Python --> C */