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 _assert_type(self, value, t, id, expected):
        if not isinstance(value, t):
            raise TransactionError(_('Unexpected type of "{id}", {exp} expected.').format(id=id, exp=expected))