def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def _option_suite(self, value):
        opt = Optional(value)
        self.assert_(isinstance(opt, Optional))
        self.assert_(isinstance(deoption(opt), type(value)))
        self.assertEqual(deoption(opt), value)