docs: def read(f):
      """
      Parse a String and return the data
  
      :param f: The file to read
      :type f: file/str
      :returns: A dictionary object containing the parsed data from f
      :raises: SyntaxError - An error occured reading the data.
      """
      try:
        return PyVDF.reads(f.read())
      except AttributeError:
        pass
  
      try:
        with open(f, 'r') as filec:
          data = PyVDF.reads(filec.read())
          filec.close()
          return data
      except IOError as e:
        print("Could not open '" + f + "' for reading.")
        print("Ignore this if you are creating a new file.")
  
      return PyVDF.__UseDict()