Function read_file

setup.py:18–24

(filename)

# Read a file within the source tree that may or may not exist, and
# decode its contents as UTF-8, regardless of external locale settings.
def read_file(filename):
    filepath = os.path.join(SRCDIR, filename)
    try:
        raw = open(filepath, "rb").read()
    except (IOError, OSError):
        return ""
    return raw.decode("utf-8")


# Discard unwanted top matter from README.md for reuse as the long