Rename extensions to plugins, since extensions reminds me of parts of filenames

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rename : coverage/extension.py => coverage/plugin.py

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/plugin.py b/coverage/plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b557106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coverage/plugin.py
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+"""Plugin management for coverage.py"""
+
+def load_plugins(modules, name):
+    """Load plugins from `modules`, finding them by `name`.
+
+    Yields the loaded plugins.
+
+    """
+
+    for module in modules:
+        try:
+            __import__(module)
+            mod = sys.modules[module]
+        except ImportError:
+            blah()
+            continue
+
+        entry = getattr(mod, name, None)
+        if entry:
+            yield entry