[tor-bugs] #33011 [Circumvention/Snowflake]: Remove erroneous logging around pt.*Error calls

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#33011: Remove erroneous logging around pt.*Error calls
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     Reporter:  dcf                      |      Owner:  dcf
         Type:  defect                   |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  Medium                   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Circumvention/Snowflake  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                   |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                           |  Parent ID:
       Points:                           |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:                           |
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 #31794 added logging around every function call that returns an `error`
 type; but this is the wrong thing to do in the case of functions like
 [https://godoc.org/git.torproject.org/pluggable-
 transports/goptlib.git#CmethodError pt.CmethodError],
 [https://godoc.org/git.torproject.org/pluggable-
 transports/goptlib.git#SmethodError pt.SmethodError], and
 [https://godoc.org/git.torproject.org/pluggable-
 transports/goptlib.git#ProxyError pt.ProxyError]. These functions are
 called for their side effect of sending a PT error message on stdout; it
 happens that they also return a representation of the error message as an
 `error` object for the caller to use if it wishes. They ''always'' return
 a non-`nil` `error` object; a non-`nil` error is not an exceptional event
 to be logged.

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