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readfile.cc

char * readfile(const char * f)
{
    ifstream in(f, std::ifstream::binary);

    in.seekg(0, in.end);
    int size = in.tellg();
    in.seekg(0);

    char * buf = new char[size];
    in.read(buf, size);

    return buf;

    delete[] buf;
    in.close();
}