code: def read(*filenames, **kwargs):
      encoding = kwargs.get("encoding", "utf-8")
      sep = kwargs.get("sep", "\n")
      buf = []
      for filename in filenames:
          with io.open(filename, encoding=encoding) as f:
              buf.append(f.read())
      return sep.join(buf)
  
file_path: scikit-plot/setup.py
imports: from __future__ import print_function
  from setuptools import setup, find_packages
  from setuptools.command.test import test
  import io
  import codecs
  import os
  import sys
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: read() and returns: sep