text: from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
  
  import six.moves.cPickle as pickle
  
  __all__ = ["reference", "reflections"]
  
  
  def reflections(infile):
      """
      Load the given reflection file.
  
      :params infile: The input filename or file object
      :returns: The reflection list
      """
  
      # If the input is a string then open and read from that file
      if isinstance(infile, str):
          with open(infile, "rb") as infile:
              return pickle.load(infile)
  
      # Otherwise assume the input is a file and read from it
      else:
          return pickle.load(infile)
  
  
  def reference(infile):
      """
      Load the given reference profile file.
  
      :params infile: The input filename or file object
      :returns: The reference list
      """
  
      # If the input is a string then open and read from that file
      if isinstance(infile, str):
          with open(infile, "rb") as infile:
              return pickle.load(infile)
  
      # Otherwise assume the input is a file and read from it
      else:
          return pickle.load(infile)
  