d = imp.new_module('config')
d.__file__ = filename
try:
    execfile(filename, d.__dict__)
except IOError, e:
    if silent and e.errno in (errno.ENOENT, errno.EISDIR):
        return False
    e.strerror = 'Unable to load configuration file (%s)' % e.strerror
    raise

imp.load_source('', path)