def METHOD_NAME(path: str):
    """
    Open a (possibly compressed) file for reading in binary mode, trying to avoid the
    "Too many open files" problem using `open_raise_limit`.
    """
    mode = "rb"
    f = open_raise_limit(xopen, path, mode, threads=0)
    logger.debug("Opening '%s', mode '%s' with xopen resulted in %s", path, mode, f)
    return f