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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_plugins(namespace, interface=None, check_extras=True, load_now=False):
 """ helper to get a direct interface to _Plugins """

    return _DB.add_namespace(namespace, interface, check_extras, load_now)