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)