Fun is the only thing that can justify this blasphemy :)
Why do this instead of:
myvar = read_json_file_as_object('path/to/file')
??
Ok, you can argue that function would hit the hard drive many times when called from multiple modules (while imports would not), but this can be fixed with simple memoization.
Why do this instead of:
??Ok, you can argue that function would hit the hard drive many times when called from multiple modules (while imports would not), but this can be fixed with simple memoization.