New function for searching and importing plugin

plugins.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package expr
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"plugin"
 	"strings"
@@ -90,6 +91,29 @@ func importPlugin( /*ctx ExprContext,*/ dirList []string, name string) (err erro
 	return
 }
 
+func importPluginFromSearchPath(name any) (count int, err error) {
+	var moduleSpec any
+
+	dirList := buildSearchDirList("plugin", ENV_EXPR_PLUGIN_PATH)
+	count = 0
+	it := NewAnyIterator(name)
+	for moduleSpec, err = it.Next(); err == nil; moduleSpec, err = it.Next() {
+		if module, ok := moduleSpec.(string); ok {
+			if err = importPlugin(dirList, module); err != nil {
+				break
+			}
+			count++
+		} else {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("expected string as item nr %d, got %s", it.Index()+1, TypeName(moduleSpec))
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if err == io.EOF {
+		err = nil
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func loadModules(dirList []string, moduleNames []string) (err error) {
 	for _, name := range moduleNames {
 		if err1 := importPlugin(dirList, name); err1 != nil {