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 literal_eval(node_or_string):
    if isinstance(node_or_string, AST):
        node_or_string = gast_to_ast(node_or_string)
    return _ast.literal_eval(node_or_string)