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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def load(config_path: str):
 """ Load a configuration and keep it alive for the given context :param config_path: path to a configuration file """

    # we bind the config to _ to keep it alive
    if os.path.splitext(config_path)[1] in ('.yaml', '.yml'):
        _ = load_yaml_configuration(config_path, translator=PipelineTranslator())
    elif os.path.splitext(config_path)[1] == '.py':
        _ = load_python_configuration(config_path)
    else:
        raise ValueError('Unknown configuration extension: %r' % os.path.splitext(config_path)[1])
    yield