running application config files written in Python

[Nathan Froyd]

Say I have an application whose configuration language I want to be
Python. I have all my extra types implemented in C. Now what I'm
wondering is what's the best way to run that file so that the
functions, variables, etc. get imported into the Python interpreter
embedded in my program?

Along the same lines, once I have run the file, what's the easiest way 
to find out if a particular function/variable has been defined? For
example, if I always wanted to run the user-defined function
`startup_func', how would I go about doing that?
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