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_abstract_class(self):
        class X(Structure):
            _abstract_ = "something"
        # try 'X()'
        cls, msg = self.get_except(eval, "X()", locals())
        self.assertEqual((cls, msg), (TypeError, "abstract class"))