parameters: (path)
docstring: Return the contents of a text file as a byte string.
docstring_summary: Return the contents of a text file as a byte string.
docstring_tokens: Return the contents of a text file as a byte string .
function: def read(path):
      """
      Return the contents of a text file as a byte string.
  
      """
      # Opening in binary mode is necessary for compatibility across Python
      # 2 and 3.  In both Python 2 and 3, open() defaults to opening files in
      # text mode.  However, in Python 2, open() returns file objects whose
      # read() method returns byte strings (strings of type `str` in Python 2),
      # whereas in Python 3, the file object returns unicode strings (strings
      # of type `str` in Python 3).
      f = open(path, 'rb')
      # We avoid use of the with keyword for Python 2.4 support.
      try:
          return f.read()
      finally:
          f.close()
function_tokens: def read ( path ) : # Opening in binary mode is necessary for compatibility across Python # 2 and 3.  In both Python 2 and 3, open() defaults to opening files in # text mode.  However, in Python 2, open() returns file objects whose # read() method returns byte strings (strings of type `str` in Python 2), # whereas in Python 3, the file object returns unicode strings (strings # of type `str` in Python 3). f = open ( path , 'rb' ) # We avoid use of the with keyword for Python 2.4 support. try : return f . read ( ) finally : f . close ( )