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 normalizerootdir(dir, funcname):
    if dir == ".":
        util.nouideprecwarn(
            "match.%s() no longer accepts '.', use '' instead." % funcname, "20190805"
        )
        return ""
    return dir