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int load_plugin(char* location)
{
  void *lhandle = NULL;
  void (*fhandle)() = NULL;

  std::cout << "Loading plugin " << location << "\n";

  lhandle = dlopen(location, RTLD_LAZY);
  if (lhandle == NULL)
  {
    std::cout << "Could not load " << location << "\n";
    return 1;
  }

  fhandle = (void (*)()) dlsym(lhandle, "init");
  if (fhandle == NULL)
  {
    std::cout << "Could not get function handle\n";
    return 2;
  }

  fhandle();

  dlclose(lhandle);

  return 0;
}