code: def _readlines(*names: str, **kwargs) -> List[str]:
      encoding = kwargs.get("encoding", "utf-8")
      lines = (
          Path(__file__)
          .parent.joinpath(*names)
          .read_text(encoding=encoding)
          .splitlines()
      )
      return list(map(str.strip, lines))
  
imports: from pathlib import Path
  from typing import List
  import setuptools
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: _readlines() and returns: list