def read()

in setup.py [0:0]


def read(*filenames, **kwargs):
    """
    Build an absolute path from ``*filenames``, and  return contents of
    resulting file.  Defaults to UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    encoding = kwargs.get('encoding', 'utf-8')
    sep = kwargs.get('sep', '\n')
    buf = []
    for fl in filenames:
        with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, fl), 'rb', encoding) as f:
            buf.append(f.read())
    return sep.join(buf)