[tor-bugs] #1924 [Tor Client]: Allow regular expression matching for ExcludeNodes/ExcludeExitNodes/EntryNodes/ExitNodes

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#1924: Allow regular expression matching for
ExcludeNodes/ExcludeExitNodes/EntryNodes/ExitNodes
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 Reporter:  aa138346          |        Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new               |    Priority:  normal     
Milestone:  Tor: unspecified  |   Component:  Tor Client 
  Version:                    |    Keywords:             
   Parent:                    |  
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Comment(by arma):

 I can't imagine we'd want to build this for hostname (we don't resolve
 relay IPs to hostnames and don't really want to start). But I can see some
 edge cases where regexps (or just wildcards) on nicknames would be useful.
 The main example I'm thinking of is when some idiot signs up thousands of
 Tor relays with similar names.

 Sounds like a "submit a patch if you want it enough, and make sure it's
 convincingly clean, else this feature will never be added" situation.

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