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 parsed_error_msg(self):
        """
        Sometimes, the error message we've received needs to be parsed into
        something more human readable

        The default behavior is to return the current error message as is.
        """
        return self.error_msg