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+  o Minor refactoring:
+    - Reworking API of policies_parse_exit_policy() function to use a 
+      bitmask to represent parsing options instead of a confusing mess 
+      of booleans. Resolves ticket 8197.
+    - Introducing helper function to parse ExitPolicy in or_options_t
+      structure.