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+++ b/gamelib/data.py	Sat May 05 13:52:29 2012 +0200
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+'''Simple data loader module.
+
+Loads data files from the "data" directory shipped with a game.
+
+Enhancing this to handle caching etc. is left as an exercise for the reader.
+'''
+
+import os
+
+data_py = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+data_dir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(data_py, '..', 'data'))
+
+def filepath(filename):
+    '''Determine the path to a file in the data directory.
+    '''
+    return os.path.join(data_dir, filename)
+
+def load(filename, mode='rb'):
+    '''Open a file in the data directory.
+
+    "mode" is passed as the second arg to open().
+    '''
+    return open(os.path.join(data_dir, filename), mode)
+