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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(fname, merge_duplicate_shots=False, encoding='windows-1252'):
 """Read a PocketTopo .TXT file and produce a `TxtFile` object which represents it"""

        return PocketTopoTxtParser(fname, merge_duplicate_shots, encoding).parse()