code: def load(path, **kw):
      
      _kw = {}
      if PY3:  # pragma: no cover
          _kw['encoding'] = 'utf-8'
      with open(str(path), **_kw) as fp:
          return json.load(fp, **kw)
docs: python 2 + 3 compatible version of json.load.
  
      :param kw: Keyword parameters are passed to json.load
      :return: The python object read from path.