utils is large enough without these compatibility functions.
Everything that is present in newer versions of Python (i.e. with dev Python it's just an import) goes into compat.py .
Everything else (i.e. youtube-dl-specific helpers) goes into utils.py .
This commit allows to download pages in playlists as needed instead of all at once.
Before this commit,
youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/user/ANNnewsCH/videos --playlist-end 2 --skip-download
took quite some time - now it's almost instantaneous.
As an example, the youtube:user extractor has been converted.
Fixes#2175