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 __init__(self, choices=None, optional=False):
        super().__init__(
            minimum=0, maximum=2 ** 16 - 1, choices=choices, optional=optional
        )