def unicode_test(seg_instance, seg_str):
            seg_gen_str = str(seg_instance)

            self.assertEqual(len(seg_gen_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(len(seg_str), 240)
            self.assertEqual(seg_gen_str, seg_str)
def _load_data(self, directory):
        try:
            with open(directory, 'r') as f:
                data = f.read()
                return literal_eval(data)
        except OSError as e:
            raise