Can I import a file without file extension .py?

[Ben Finney]

"Jia Lu" <Roka100 at gmail.com> writes:

>  I wonder if I can import a file with other file extensions ?

I use this function in most of my test infrastructures, to import
programs as modules for unit testing.

    def make_module_from_file(module_name, file_name):
        """ Make a new module object from the code in specified file """

        from types import ModuleType
        module = ModuleType(module_name)

        module_file = open(file_name, 'r')
        exec module_file in module.__dict__

        return module

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