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 _prefix(kindpats):
    """Whether all the patterns match a prefix (i.e. recursively)"""
    for kind, pat, source in kindpats:
        if kind not in ("path", "relpath"):
            return False
    return True