Read the contents of a file.

    :param name: The name of the file in the current directory.
    :param encoding: The encoding of the file; defaults to utf-8.
    :return: The contents of the file.

def _read_file(name, encoding='utf-8') -> str:
    """
    Read the contents of a file.

    :param name: The name of the file in the current directory.
    :param encoding: The encoding of the file; defaults to utf-8.
    :return: The contents of the file.
    """
    with open(name, encoding=encoding) as f:
        return f.read()