[tor-bugs] #7749 [Tor]: Consider better algorithms for randomly selecting an unused virtual address

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#7749: Consider better algorithms for randomly selecting an unused virtual address
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 Reporter:  nickm        |          Owner:                  
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Tor          |        Version:                  
 Keywords:  tor-client   |         Parent:                  
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                  
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 See discussion on #7571: we could be using some kind of approach based on
 crit-bit trees instead of the current "pick a random value, see if it's
 used, if not, try again up to 1000 times" approach.

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