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 deserialize(self, value):
        value = decode(value)
        if "\n" in value:
            values = re.split(r"\s*\n\s*", value)
        else:
            values = re.split(r"\s*,\s*", value)
        values = tuple(v.strip() for v in values if v.strip())
        validators.validate_required(values, self._required)
        return tuple(values)