[tor-bugs] #1270 [Tor Client]: Spec conformance issues reported by outofwords

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#1270: Spec conformance issues reported by outofwords
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  Reporter:  Sebastian   |       Owner:  nickm             
      Type:  defect      |      Status:  needs_review      
  Priority:  minor       |   Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.2.x-final
 Component:  Tor Client  |     Version:  0.2.1.22          
Resolution:  None        |    Keywords:                    
    Parent:              |  
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Comment(by nickm):

 So while there _is_ a conformance bug here, the ration of the complexity
 of the fix to the impact of the of the conformance bug is high enough that
 I'm not sure it's a great idea to put this into 0.2.2.x unless somebody
 feels very strongly.

 I am inclined merge this early in 0.2.3.x and consider a backport.

 Alternatively, we could consider moving to flex, which would get us faster
 and more reliable lexing in theory.  (In practice, it would replace our C
 -is-hard-to-write bugs with flex-is-hard-to-write bugs.  We have much more
 experience in C.)

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