def add_from_file(self, f):
        """
        Loads a pre-existing dictionary from a text file and adds its symbols
        to this instance.
        """
        if isinstance(f, str):
            try:
                with open(PathManager.get_local_path(f), "r", encoding="utf-8") as fd:
                    self.add_from_file(fd)
            except FileNotFoundError as fnfe:
                raise fnfe
            except UnicodeError:
                raise Exception(
                    "Incorrect encoding detected in {}, please "
                    "rebuild the dataset".format(f)
                )
            return

        lines = f.readlines()
        indices_start_line = self._load_meta(lines)

        for line in lines[indices_start_line:]:
            try:
                line, field = line.rstrip().rsplit(" ", 1)
                if field == "#fairseq:overwrite":
                    overwrite = True
                    line, field = line.rsplit(" ", 1)
                else:
                    overwrite = False
                count = int(field)
                word = line
                if word in self and not overwrite:
                    raise RuntimeError(
                        "Duplicate word found when loading Dictionary: '{}'. "
                        "Duplicate words can overwrite earlier ones by adding the "
                        "#fairseq:overwrite flag at the end of the corresponding row "
                        "in the dictionary file. If using the Camembert model, please "
                        "download an updated copy of the model file.".format(word)
                    )
                self.add_symbol(word, n=count, overwrite=overwrite)
            except ValueError:
                raise ValueError(
                    f"Incorrect dictionary format, expected '<token> <cnt> [flags]': \"{line}\""
                )

        Loads a pre-existing dictionary from a text file and adds its symbols
        to this instance.
        
understand_icl/fairseq/fairseq/data/dictionary.py