code: def _read(self):
          
          with open(self.path, 'r') as file_handle:
  
              content = file_handle.read()
  
          # Py27 INI config parser chokes if the content provided is not unicode.
          # All other versions seems to work appropriately. Forcing the value to
          # unicode here in order to resolve this issue.
          return compat.unicode(content)
docs: Open the file and return its contents.