docs: def spit(path, txt, encoding='UTF-8', append=False):
      """
      Write a unicode string `txt` to file `path`.
  
      By default encoded as UTF-8 and truncates the file prior to writing
  
      Parameters
      ----------
  
      path : str
          File path to file on disk
      txt : unicode
          Text content to write to file
      encoding : str, default `UTF-8`, optional
          Encoding of the file
      append : Boolean, default False
          Append to file instead of truncating before writing
  
      Returns
      -------
  
      The txt written to the file as a unicode string
      """
      mode = 'a' if append else 'w'
      with io.open(path, mode, encoding=encoding) as f:
          f.write(txt)
          return txt