[metrics-bugs] #20765 [Metrics/metrics-lib]: adapt to new lines in votes and consensus and make the adaption to protocol changes easier

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#20765: adapt to new lines in votes and consensus and make the adaption to protocol
changes easier
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 Reporter:  iwakeh               |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement          |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium               |      Milestone:  metrics-lib 1.6.0
Component:  Metrics/metrics-lib  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal               |     Resolution:
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Comment (by karsten):

 Replying to [comment:6 iwakeh]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 karsten]:
 > > Please review [https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/karsten/metrics-
 lib.git/commit/?h=task-20765-2&id=fd54cffa9335cac2f8c09398da34b85d4fabfd5d
 this commit] for the first half of the changes above.  Shared randomness
 follows later today, I hope.
 >
 > Tests and checks pass.

 Great!

 > For checking the upper limit it would be a little more readable to use
 `0x1_0000_0000L` instead of 4294967296L.

 Changed.

 > (Just a thought, should `Number` be used instead of `Long` as the
 protocol numbers have unsigned int range?)

 Hmm, can you elaborate?

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