[tor-bugs] #33019 [Core Tor/Tor]: Allow dynamically and statically linked PTs to be loaded into a Tor binary

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#33019: Allow dynamically and statically linked PTs to be loaded into a Tor binary
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     Reporter:  ahf      |      Owner:  ahf
         Type:           |     Status:  assigned
  enhancement            |
     Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Core     |    Version:  Tor: unspecified
  Tor/Tor                |
     Severity:  Normal   |   Keywords:  tor-pt, network-team-roadmap-2020Q1
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
       Points:  8        |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:           |
  Sponsor28              |
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 Currently PTs are always executed as subprocesses of Tor. This have its
 downsides on certain platforms such as iOS where we cannot have actual
 subprocesses and people have to do various hacks for them to work well on
 the platform.

 It would be useful if we had a mechanism for loading PTs as plug-ins of
 the Tor process (via .so's and .dll's), but also to allow developers to
 statically link in the PT into the Tor binary to save space.

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