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+'''
+
+  The kmer module provides an interface between the C-library
+  for quikr kmer counting in Python 
+
+'''
+__author__ = "Calvin Morrison"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright 2013, EESI Laboratory"
+__credits__ = ["Calvin Morrison"]
+__license__ = "GPL"
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__maintainer__ = "Calvin Morrison"
+__email__ = "mutantturkey@gmail.com"
+__status__ = "development"
+
+import numpy as np
+import ctypes as c
+try:
+  libkmer = c.CDLL("libkmer.so"); 
+except:
+  raise Exception("Error: could not load libkmer.so")
+
+def load_kmer_counts_from_file(fh, kmer):
+  '''
+  '''
+  width = (kmer ** 4) + 1
+  libkmer.get_kmer_counts_from_file.restype = c.POINTER(c.c_ulonglong * width )
+
+  counts = libkmer.get_kmer_counts_from_filename(fh, kmer);
+
+  return counts
+