def import_directory(module_basename: str, directory: str, sort_key = None) -> None:
    '''Load all python modules in directory and directory's children.
    Parameters
    ----------
    :``module_basename``: module name prefix for loaded modules
    :``directory``:       directory to load python modules from
    :``sort_key``:        function to sort module names with before loading
    '''
    logger.info('loading submodules of %s', module_basename)
    logger.info('loading modules from %s', directory)
    filenames = itertools.chain(*[ [ os.path.join(_[0], filename) for filename in _[2] ] for _ in os.walk(directory) if len(_[2]) ])
    modulenames = _filenames_to_modulenames(filenames, module_basename, directory)
    for modulename in sorted(modulenames, key = sort_key):
        try:
            importlib.import_module(modulename)
        except ImportError:
            logger.warning('failed loading %s', modulename)
            logger.exception('module loading failure')
        else:
            logger.info('successfully loaded %s', modulename)