code: def _apply(
      dist: "Distribution",
      filepath: _Path,
      other_files: Iterable[_Path] = (),
      ignore_option_errors: bool = False,
  ) -> Tuple["ConfigHandler", ...]:
      """Read configuration from ``filepath`` and applies to the ``dist`` object."""
      from setuptools.dist import _Distribution
  
      filepath = os.path.abspath(filepath)
  
      if not os.path.isfile(filepath):
          raise FileError(
              f"Configuration file {filepath} does not exist."
          )
  
      current_directory = os.getcwd()
      os.chdir(os.path.dirname(filepath))
      filenames = [*other_files, filepath]
  
      try:
          _Distribution.parse_config_files(dist, filenames=filenames)
          handlers = parse_configuration(
              dist,
              dist.command_options,
              ignore_option_errors=ignore_option_errors,
          )
          dist._finalize_license_files()
      finally:
          os.chdir(current_directory)
  
      return handlers
  
imports: import contextlib
  import functools
  import os
  from collections import defaultdict
  from functools import partial
  from functools import wraps
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Any, Dict, Generic, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
  from ..errors import FileError, OptionError
  from ..extern.packaging.markers import default_environment
  from ..extern.packaging.requirements import InvalidRequirement, Requirement
  from ..extern.packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
  from ..extern.packaging.version import InvalidVersion, Version
  from ..warnings import SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning
  from .None import expand
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: _apply(dist, filepath, other_files, ignore_option_errors) and returns: handlers