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 __add__(self, other):
        assert self.n_classes == other.n_classes, "Number of classes does not match"
        return MulticlassContingencyTable(self.table + other.table,
                                          n_classes=self.n_classes,
                                          class_names=self.class_names)