docs: def read_csv(fpath):
      """ reads csv in unicode """
      import csv
      import utool as ut
      #csvfile = open(fpath, 'rb')
      with open(fpath, 'rb') as csvfile:
          row_iter = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=str(','), quotechar=str('|'))
          row_list = [ut.lmap(ut.ensure_unicode, row) for row in row_iter]
      return row_list