+
−def load(resource):
+
−    """
+
−    open a file or URL for reading.  If the passed resource string is not a URL,
+
−    or begins with 'file://', return a ``file``.  Otherwise, return the
+
−    result of urllib2.urlopen()
+
−    """
+
−
+
−    # handle file URLs separately due to python stdlib limitations
+
−    if resource.startswith('file://'):
+
−        resource = resource[len('file://'):]
+
−
+
−    if not is_url(resource):
+
−        # if no scheme is given, it is a file path
+
−        return file(resource)
+
−
+
−    return urllib2.urlopen(resource)