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"""Utilities and helper functions."""


import os


def read_cached_file(filename, cache_info, reload_func=None):
    """Read from a file if it has been modified.

    :param cache_info: dictionary to hold opaque cache.
    :param reload_func: optional function to be called with data when
                        file is reloaded due to a modification.

    :returns: data from file

    """
    mtime = os.path.getmtime(filename)
    if not cache_info or mtime != cache_info.get('mtime'):
        with open(filename) as fap:
            cache_info['data'] = fap.read()
        cache_info['mtime'] = mtime
        if reload_func:
            reload_func(cache_info['data'])
    return cache_info['data']