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              print num_done, 'of', num_jobs, 'jobs done.'
              yield future
+* (ErikRose) [https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/setuptools.html#dynamic-discovery-of-services-and-plugins Setuptools entry points] are underdocumented but a really nice, easy, supported-everywhere way to do a plugin architecture, even an internal registry.
+    # setup.py
+    setup(
+        ...
+        entry_points={'dxr.plugins': ['urllink = dxr.plugins.urllink',
+                                      'buglink = dxr.plugins.buglink']}
+    )
+    # elsewhere.py
+    plugins = dict((point.name, point.load()) for point in
+                   iter_entry_points('dxr.plugins'))
+    # plugins is now {'urllink': <module dxr.plugins.urllink>,
+    #                 'buglink': <module dxr.plugins.buglink>}