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 memoized(*args):
        try:
            return stored_results[args]
        except KeyError:
            result = stored_results[args] = fn(*args)
            return result