def read_or_return()

in src/alpaca_eval/utils.py [0:0]

• 10 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def read_or_return(to_read: Union[AnyPath, str], **kwargs):
    """Read a file or return the input if it is already a string."""
    try:
        with open(Path(to_read), **kwargs) as f:
            out = f.read()
    except FileNotFoundError as e:
        if Path(to_read).is_absolute():
            # The path is not absolute, so it's not just a string
            raise e

        logging.warning(f"Returning input because file not found. Error: {e}")
        out = to_read

    return out