;Task:
Load the entire contents of some text file as a single string variable.

If applicable, discuss: encoding selection, the possibility of memory-mapping.

Of course, in practice one should avoid reading an entire file at once 
if the file is large and the task can be accomplished incrementally instead 
(in which case check [[File IO]]); 
this is for those cases where having the entire file is actually what is wanted.
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