initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/resources.py b/Lib/packaging/resources.py
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+"""Data file path abstraction.
+
+Functions in this module use sysconfig to find the paths to the resource
+files registered in project's setup.cfg file. See the documentation for
+more information.
+"""
+# TODO write that documentation
+
+from packaging.database import get_distribution
+
+__all__ = ['get_file_path', 'get_file']
+
+
+def get_file_path(distribution_name, relative_path):
+ """Return the path to a resource file."""
+ dist = get_distribution(distribution_name)
+ if dist != None:
+ return dist.get_resource_path(relative_path)
+ raise LookupError('no distribution named %r found' % distribution_name)
+
+
+def get_file(distribution_name, relative_path, *args, **kwargs):
+ """Open and return a resource file."""
+ return open(get_file_path(distribution_name, relative_path),
+ *args, **kwargs)