def _load_template(dev_path):
        """
        There are a couple of template scripts in the package. This
        function loads one of them and prepares it for use.
        """
        # See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/134 for info
        # on script file naming and downstream issues with SVR4
        name = 'script.tmpl'
        if dev_path:
            name = name.replace('.tmpl', ' (dev).tmpl')

        raw_bytes = resource_string('setuptools', name)
        return raw_bytes.decode('utf-8')

        There are a couple of template scripts in the package. This
        function loads one of them and prepares it for use.
        
product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/setuptools/command/easy_install.py