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 _createSocket(self):
        try:
            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
            self.sock = sock
            return 0
        except socket.error as e:
            sys.stderr.write("[!]\tFailed to create a UDP socket.\n%s.\n" % e)
            return 1