code: def load(f, _dict=dict, decoder=None):
      
  
      if _ispath(f):
          with io.open(_getpath(f), encoding='utf-8') as ffile:
              return loads(ffile.read(), _dict, decoder)
      elif isinstance(f, list):
          from os import path as op
          from warnings import warn
          if not [path for path in f if op.exists(path)]:
              error_msg = "Load expects a list to contain filenames only."
              error_msg += linesep
              error_msg += ("The list needs to contain the path of at least one "
                            "existing file.")
              raise FNFError(error_msg)
          if decoder is None:
              decoder = TomlDecoder()
          d = decoder.get_empty_table()
          for l in f:
              if op.exists(l):
                  d.update(load(l, _dict, decoder))
              else:
                  warn("Non-existent filename in list with at least one valid "
                       "filename")
          return d
      else:
          try:
              return loads(f.read(), _dict, decoder)
          except AttributeError:
              raise TypeError("You can only load a file descriptor, filename or "
                              "list")
docs: Parses named file or files as toml and returns a dictionary
  
      Args:
          f: Path to the file to open, array of files to read into single dict
             or a file descriptor
          _dict: (optional) Specifies the class of the returned toml dictionary
  
      Returns:
          Parsed toml file represented as a dictionary
  
      Raises:
          TypeError -- When f is invalid type
          TomlDecodeError: Error while decoding toml
          IOError / FileNotFoundError -- When an array with no valid (existing)
          (Python 2 / Python 3)          file paths is passed