Modernize the __version__ search in setup.py

setup.py

@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
-import codecs
-import os.path
-
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 
-def read(rel_path):
- here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
- with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, rel_path), 'r') as fp:
- return fp.read()
-
-
 def get_version(rel_path):
- for line in read(rel_path).splitlines():
- if line.startswith('__version__'):
- delim = '"' if '"' in line else "'"
- return line.split(delim)[1]
- else:
- raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+ with open(rel_path, 'r') as fp:
+ for line in fp:
+ if line.startswith('__version__'):
+ delim = '"' if '"' in line else "'"
+ return line.split(delim)[1]
+ else:
+ raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
 
 
 with open('README.md') as f: