Just a bit of reordering.

setup.py

@@ -19,15 +19,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 
-
-def read(*names, **kwargs):
-    with io.open(
-        join(dirname(__file__), *names),
-        encoding=kwargs.get('encoding', 'utf8')
-    ) as fh:
-        return fh.read()
-
-
 # Enable code coverage for C code: we can't use CFLAGS=-coverage in tox.ini, since that may mess with compiling
 # dependencies (e.g. numpy). Therefore we set SETUPPY_CFLAGS=-coverage in tox.ini and copy it to CFLAGS here (after
 # deps have been safely installed).
@@ -39,7 +30,6 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
     LFLAGS = ''
 
 
-
 class optional_build_ext(build_ext):
     """Allow the building of C extensions to fail."""
     def run(self):
@@ -64,6 +54,14 @@ def _unavailable(self, e):
         print('*' * 80)
 
 
+def read(*names, **kwargs):
+    with io.open(
+        join(dirname(__file__), *names),
+        encoding=kwargs.get('encoding', 'utf8')
+    ) as fh:
+        return fh.read()
+
+
 setup(
     name='lazy-object-proxy',
     use_scm_version={