def file_load(file_name):
 retval = None
 if os.path.exists(file_name):
  f_obj = open(file_name, 'r')
  retval = f_obj.read()
  f_obj.close()
 else:
  stderr.write(('  ** Warning: The requested file (%s) does not exist.\n' % file_name))
 return retval

def file_load ( file_name ) : retval = None if os . path . exists ( file_name ) : f_obj = open ( file_name , 'r' ) retval = f_obj . read ( ) f_obj . close ( ) else : stderr . write ( ( '  ** Warning: The requested file (%s) does not exist.\n' % file_name ) ) return retval
load the indicated file into a string and return the string .