code: def content_from_path(path, encoding='utf-8'):
      
      if not os.path.isabs(path) and ':' in path:
          package, path = path.split(':', 1)
          content = resource_string(package, path)
      else:
          path = os.path.expanduser(path)
          with open(path, 'rb') as fh:
              content = fh.read()
  
      return content.decode(encoding)
docs: Return the content of the specified file as a string.
  
      This function also supports loading resources from packages.