importing with .m instead of .py

[Wanderer]

I would like to import Matlab/Octave files of the .m sort into Python
that look like this.

# comment
y=[1,2,3,4,5\
,6,7,8,9];
# comment

The only problem is I have to change the extensions from .m to .py. Is
there a way to get python to import files that don't end in .py?

Thank you