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+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+import imp, os, sys
+
+old_bytecode = sys.dont_write_bytecode
+sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
+
+ycm_module = imp.load_source("_ycm_extra_conf", os.path.join("mozilla", ".ycm_extra_conf.py"))
+
+sys.dont_write_bytecode = old_bytecode
+
+# Expose the FlagsForFile function from mozilla/.ycm_extra_conf.py
+FlagsForFile = ycm_module.FlagsForFile