[core] Load plugins on demand (#11305)

- Adds `--no-plugin-dirs` to disable plugin loading
- `--plugin-dirs` now supports post-processors

Authored by: coletdjnz, Grub4K, pukkandan

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
index 17e081bc6..708a04f92 100644
--- a/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/test/test_YoutubeDL.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import sys
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
+from yt_dlp.globals import all_plugins_loaded
+
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 
@@ -1427,6 +1429,12 @@ class TestYoutubeDL(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(result.get('cookies'), msg='Cookies set in cookies field for wrong domain')
         self.assertFalse(ydl.cookiejar.get_cookie_header(fmt['url']), msg='Cookies set in cookiejar for wrong domain')
 
+    def test_load_plugins_compat(self):
+        # Should try to reload plugins if they haven't already been loaded
+        all_plugins_loaded.value = False
+        FakeYDL().close()
+        assert all_plugins_loaded.value
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()