Compatibility with python 2.4 (if simplejson is present)
Compatibility with python 2.4 (if simplejson is present)

Signed-off-by: Eric S. Raymond <aaa6d807ee7ba13e9b7411fc79dd0ec6b1b30d96@thyrsus.com>

Southen/irker,Trellmor/irker,dak180/irker