Problems related to the policy language

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1. Inflexibility
	a. Limitations to what can be in a module
2. Gaps in features
	a. User transitions
	b. Type inheritance
3. Ordering issues
	a. Unless the rules are in the same file, proper ordering cannot
	be guaranteed for portcon and other rules for which ordering is
	important
4. Confusing semantics
	a. Between templates and interfaces
	b. Between tunables and booleans
	c. Require rules
	d. Optional blocks
5. Inconsistencies in the syntax
	a. Some rules end with a semi-colon, others do not
	b. Some lists are space separated, some are comma separated
	c. Some lists require curly braces even when there is only one
	member, others do not
	d. For some rules the order of the rules matter, in others they
	do not
	e. File contexts start with the path

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James Carter <jwcart2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
National Security Agency


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