commit 9370b14bae9daae1ec917f2cd52e2d3ea6634cd1 Author: Damian Johnson atagar@torproject.org Date: Tue Apr 17 09:44:15 2018 -0700

Deprecate ExitPolicy's get_config_policy function

Great point by dmr on #25423. Now that we're no longer attempting to make sense of the torrc this function will become less and less reliable over time. --- stem/exit_policy.py | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/stem/exit_policy.py b/stem/exit_policy.py index 3c13be7e..e921fb3c 100644 --- a/stem/exit_policy.py +++ b/stem/exit_policy.py @@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ def get_config_policy(rules, ip_address = None): * ports being optional * the 'private' keyword

+ .. deprecated:: 1.7.0 + + Tor's torrc parameters lack a formal spec, making it difficult for this + method to be reliable. Callers are encouraged to move to + :func:`~stem.control.Controller.get_exit_policy` instead. + :param str,list rules: comma separated rules or list to be converted :param str ip_address: this relay's IP address for the 'private' policy if it's present, this defaults to the local address