# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
# 02110-1301, USA.
+
+
+import imp
+import os
+
+
+def LoadModule(filename):
+ """Loads an external module by filename.
+
+ Use this function with caution. Python will always write the compiled source
+ to a file named "${filename}c".
+
+ @type filename: string
+ @param filename: Path to module
+
+ """
+ (name, ext) = os.path.splitext(filename)
+
+ fh = open(filename, "U")
+ try:
+ return imp.load_module(name, fh, filename, (ext, "U", imp.PY_SOURCE))
+ finally:
+ fh.close()