Read a file into a string

#include <fstream>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iterator>
#include <cerrno>

std::string get_file_contents(const char *filename)
{
  std::ifstream in(filename, std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
  if (in)
  {
    std::string contents;
    in.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
    contents.reserve(in.tellg());
    in.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
    std::copy((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(in)), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(), std::back_inserter(contents));
    in.close();
    return(contents);
  }
  throw(errno);
}

Method	Duration
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C/C++	24.5
Rdbuf	32.5
Copy	62.5
Iterator	64.5
Assign	68