def METHOD_NAME(path: str) -> str:
    """Reads a resource file from the splink package"""
    # In the future we may have to move to importlib.resources
    # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/89838#issuecomment-1093935933
    # But for now this API avoids having to do conditional imports
    # depending on python version.
    # Also, if you use importlib.resources, then you have to add an
    # __init__.py file to every subdirectory, which is annoying.
    return pkgutil.get_data("splink", path).decode("utf-8")