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 _convert_objectGUID(item):
    item = uuid.UUID("{{{0!s}}}".format(item)).bytes_le
    item = escape_bytes(item)
    return item