                 namespace = fs.path.basename filename, extension             
 
         {filename, namespace}
-
-readData = (path) ->
-    resolvedPath = fs.path.resolve path
-    fs.readFileSync resolvedPath, encoding: 'utf8'
-
-parseData = (raw, extension) ->
-    switch extension
-        when '.json'
-            JSON.parse raw
-        when '.yml', '.yaml'
-            yaml.safeLoad raw
-        else
-            throw new Error "Context files need to be JSON or YAML."
 
 # REFACTOR: this function can use a more rigorous rethink
 merge = (sources...) ->

fs.path = require 'path'
async = require 'async'
_ = require 'underscore'
yaml = require 'js-yaml'
utils = require './utils'
{unwrap} = utils.string


    for path in paths
        {filename, namespace} = path
        extension = fs.path.extname filename
        path.data = confert fs.path.resolve filename

    merge paths...

