importing a config file prefixed with a dot

[zivoni]

Beside dot meaning relative import, import something creates variable something and variable names cant start with a dot.

You can use/abuse importlib library to load module from a file and execute it, make it importable and import it (for python 3.?+, older ones use imp?).

Example (with big help of importlib docs)

Output:
jacq /tmp> cat .boo.py 
print('boo')

def boo():
    print('boo boo')

>>> import sys
>>> import importlib.util as imput
>>> spec = imput.spec_from_file_location('boo', '.boo.py')
>>> boo_module = imput.module_from_spec(spec)
>>> spec.loader.exec_module(boo_module)
boo
>>> sys.modules['boo'] = boo_module
>>> import boo
>>> boo.boo()
boo boo

But doing such thing just to have hidden config file seems be a little exaggerated. Is not better to put your config file to some hidden directory (like ~/.config/skapeutil), modify sys.path and import it in a standard way?