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+"""
+pkgdata is a simple, extensible way for a package to acquire data file 
+resources.
+
+The getResource function is equivalent to the standard idioms, such as
+the following minimal implementation:
+    
+    import sys, os
+
+    def getResource(identifier, pkgname=__name__):
+        pkgpath = os.path.dirname(sys.modules[pkgname].__file__)
+        path = os.path.join(pkgpath, identifier)
+        return file(os.path.normpath(path), mode='rb')
+
+When a __loader__ is present on the module given by __name__, it will defer
+getResource to its get_data implementation and return it as a file-like
+object (such as StringIO).
+"""
+
+__all__ = ['getResource']
+import sys
+import os
+from pygame.compat import get_BytesIO
+BytesIO = get_BytesIO()
+
+try:
+    from pkg_resources import resource_stream, resource_exists
+except ImportError:
+    def resource_exists(package_or_requirement, resource_name):
+        return False
+    def resource_stream(package_of_requirement, resource_name):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+def getResource(identifier, pkgname=__name__):
+    """
+    Acquire a readable object for a given package name and identifier.
+    An IOError will be raised if the resource can not be found.
+
+    For example:
+        mydata = getResource('mypkgdata.jpg').read()
+
+    Note that the package name must be fully qualified, if given, such
+    that it would be found in sys.modules.
+
+    In some cases, getResource will return a real file object.  In that
+    case, it may be useful to use its name attribute to get the path
+    rather than use it as a file-like object.  For example, you may
+    be handing data off to a C API.
+    """
+    if resource_exists(pkgname, identifier):
+        return resource_stream(pkgname, identifier)
+
+    mod = sys.modules[pkgname]
+    fn = getattr(mod, '__file__', None)
+    if fn is None:
+        raise IOError("%s has no __file__!" % repr(mod))
+    path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(fn), identifier)
+    loader = getattr(mod, '__loader__', None)
+    if loader is not None:
+        try:
+            data = loader.get_data(path)
+        except IOError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            return BytesIO(data)
+    return open(os.path.normpath(path), 'rb')