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 test_contains_itself(self):
        class Recursive(Structure):
            pass

        try:
            Recursive._fields_ = [("next", Recursive)]
        except AttributeError as details:
            self.assertTrue("Structure or union cannot contain itself" in
                            str(details))
        else:
            self.fail("Structure or union cannot contain itself")