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diff --git a/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py b/yt_dlp/compat/_legacy.py
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+""" Do not use! """
+
+import collections
+import ctypes
+import http
+import http.client
+import http.cookiejar
+import http.cookies
+import http.server
+import shlex
+import socket
+import struct
+import urllib
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree
+from subprocess import DEVNULL
+
+from .asyncio import run as compat_asyncio_run  # noqa: F401
+from .re import Pattern as compat_Pattern  # noqa: F401
+from .re import match as compat_Match  # noqa: F401
+
+
+# compat_ctypes_WINFUNCTYPE = ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE
+# will not work since ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE does not exist in UNIX machines
+def compat_ctypes_WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs):
+    return ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+compat_basestring = str
+compat_collections_abc = collections.abc
+compat_cookies = http.cookies
+compat_etree_Element = etree.Element
+compat_etree_register_namespace = etree.register_namespace
+compat_filter = filter
+compat_input = input
+compat_integer_types = (int, )
+compat_kwargs = lambda kwargs: kwargs
+compat_map = map
+compat_numeric_types = (int, float, complex)
+compat_print = print
+compat_shlex_split = shlex.split
+compat_socket_create_connection = socket.create_connection
+compat_Struct = struct.Struct
+compat_subprocess_get_DEVNULL = lambda: DEVNULL
+compat_urllib_parse_quote = urllib.parse.quote
+compat_urllib_parse_quote_plus = urllib.parse.quote_plus
+compat_urllib_parse_unquote_to_bytes = urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes
+compat_urllib_parse_urlunparse = urllib.parse.urlunparse
+compat_urllib_request_DataHandler = urllib.request.DataHandler
+compat_urllib_response = urllib.response
+compat_urlretrieve = urllib.request.urlretrieve
+compat_xml_parse_error = etree.ParseError
+compat_xpath = lambda xpath: xpath
+compat_zip = zip
+workaround_optparse_bug9161 = lambda: None