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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";
+)
+
+// ReadAll reads from r until an error or EOF and returns the data it read.
+func ReadAll(r Reader) ([]byte, os.Error) {
+	var buf ByteBuffer;
+	n, err := io.Copy(r, &buf);
+	return buf.Data(), err;
+}
+
+// ReadFile reads the file named by filename and returns the contents.
+func ReadFile(filename string) ([]byte, os.Error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(filename, os.O_RDONLY, 0);
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err;
+	}
+	defer f.Close();
+	return ReadAll(f);
+}