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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def read(filename):
 """ Read a file relative to setup.py location. """

    import os
    here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
    with open(os.path.join(here, filename)) as fd:
        return fd.read()