docs: def dynamic_load(name):
      """Equivalent of "from X import Y" statement using dot notation to specify
      what to import and return.  For example, foo.bar.thing returns the item
      "thing" in the module "foo.bar" """
      pieces = name.split('.')
      item = pieces[-1]
      mod_name = '.'.join(pieces[:-1])
  
      mod = __import__(mod_name, globals(), locals(), [item])
      return getattr(mod, item)