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library loading api.
this is not well suited to RNA so this is a native python api.

This uses:
bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath, link=False, relative=False)

however the return value needs to use pythons context manager, this means the library loading is confined to a block of code and python cant leave a half loaded library state.


eg, load a single scene we know the name of:
with bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath) as (data_from, data_to):
data_to.scenes = ["Scene"]


eg, load all scenes:
with bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath) as (data_from, data_to):
data_to.scenes = data_from.scenes


eg, load all objects starting with 'A'
with bpy.data.libraries.load(filepath) as (data_from, data_to):
data_to.objects = [name for name in data_from.objects if name.startswith("A")]

As you can see gives 2 objects like 'bpy.data', but containing lists of strings which can be moved from one into another.