Use io.open for future compatibility and consistency

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/command/develop.py b/setuptools/command/develop.py
index 5ae25d71..3a16cdc7 100755
--- a/setuptools/command/develop.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/develop.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from distutils import log
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsError, DistutilsOptionError
 import os
 import glob
+import io
 
 from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, normalize_path
 from setuptools.command.easy_install import easy_install
@@ -163,9 +164,8 @@ class develop(easy_install):
         for script_name in self.distribution.scripts or []:
             script_path = os.path.abspath(convert_path(script_name))
             script_name = os.path.basename(script_path)
-            f = open(script_path, 'rU')
-            script_text = f.read()
-            f.close()
+            with io.open(script_path) as strm:
+                script_text = strm.read()
             self.install_script(dist, script_name, script_text, script_path)
 
     def install_wrapper_scripts(self, dist):