forcing import without execution?

[Peoter Veliki]

This may sound a little strange, but the software that I use (which uses Python as the scripting language) automatically loads modules according to the name of the module, which means if I want to import a module it gets executed twice, once by the software and the second time when I import it.  However, if I don't use the import statement then the module isn't visible even though it has been executed once.  So, my question is:


can you import a module (make the namespace available) without actually executing the code? 

Thanks
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