[tor-bugs] #5454 [Stem]: ExitPolicy Class for stem

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#5454: ExitPolicy Class for stem
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 Reporter:  gsathya      |          Owner:  atagar           
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:                   
Component:  Stem         |        Version:                   
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Comment(by gsathya):

 > That seems weird. What is the use of the microdescriptor exit policy
 then? The point of an exit polity is to let the client know if you're
 willing to service a particular destination or not. If it doesn't answer
 that question, then how is it used by a tor client?

 I'm pretty clueless here.

 > Note that this doesn't block us from making a class for *descriptor*
 exit policies. Making that and tests would be a fine first step (and be
 something that we could finally tie into the Descriptor class).

 Okay, let me do that. Also do you want me to check the exit policy string
 with a regexp for errors? I'm guessing this would take a while if we have
 to match _every_ other pattern _and_ check for correctness(like octets
 should be less than 256 etc)?

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