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    modules: introduce vlc_plugin_t, remove module_cache_t · 2676a5e7
    Rémi Denis-Courmont authored
    This introduces a dedicated compound type for module containers
    (i.e. plug-in shared libraries or statically linked module
    descriptors), or plug-in. A plug-in can contain any number of
    modules. The type describes plug-ins regardless of whence they came
    from, libvlccore ("main"), static linking, dynamic linking or the
    plug-ins cache.
    
    Previously, plug-ins from the cache were described by module_cache_t,
    only during the loading phase, while module_t was (ab)used to describe
    loaded or cached plug-ins. Ultimately, that allows moving properties of
    plug-ins out of the module structure where they do not really belong,
    since there can be multiple modules per plug-ins.
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