io.ReadFile

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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Utility functions.
+
+package io
+
+import (
+	"io";
+	"os";
+)
+
+
+// ReadFile reads the file named by filename and returns
+// its contents if successful.
+//
+func ReadFile(filename string) ([]byte, os.Error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(filename, os.O_RDONLY, 0);
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err;
+	}
+	var b io.ByteBuffer;
+	_, err := io.Copy(f, &b);
+	f.Close();
+	return b.Data(), err;
+}