From 65c0a4eb067db3ce6e25cb51baa5c2cb2c50bbf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Kay <matthias.kay@hlag.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:51:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add `read()` again (#32)

---
 setup.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b55a8cf1a..103d27018 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ def read_version():
     return variables["VERSION"]
 
 
+def read(fname, encoding="ascii"):
+    return open(
+        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname), "r", encoding=encoding
+    ).read()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     VERSION = read_version()