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`compile` doesn't validate keys and returns unusable descriptors

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rust
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cli

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Start from the compile subcommand, where the policy string is parsed as Concrete<String>, and reproduce with bdk-cli compile "pk(ABC)". The fix changes the parse type to Concrete<DescriptorPublicKey> and adds an --allow-placeholders flag that keeps the old behaviour. Done when placeholder keys and hashes are rejected by default, real keys and xpubs still compile, and existing tests and docs that use placeholders are updated.

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Descrizione

enhancement
Description

compile doesn't check that keys in the policy are actual keys. It succeeds and returns a descriptor that fails only later, when someone tries to use it:

$ bdk-cli compile "pk(ABC)"
{
  "descriptor": "wsh(pk(ABC))#8gmtcnaw"
}

$ bitcoin-cli deriveaddresses "wsh(pk(ABC))#8gmtcnaw"
error code: -5
error message:
pk(): key 'ABC' is not valid

The policy is parsed as Concrete<String>, and a String key accepts anything.

Came up before in #225 and in the #317 review.

Proposed fix

Parse as Concrete<DescriptorPublicKey> by default. Keys are validated at parse time, so placeholders are rejected while real keys and xpubs keep working. Hashes are typed too, so sha256(H) is rejected the same way.

Keep the current behavior behind a flag, e.g. --allow-placeholders, since pk(A) style policies are handy to see what a policy compiles to, and in tests where only the policy shape matters, not the keys. This breaks existing calls with placeholders, docs and tests would need the flag or real keys.

# placeholder key is rejected
$ bdk-cli compile "pk(ABC)"
Error: Generic error: Invalid policy: unexpected «Key too short (<66 char), doesn't match any format»

# placeholder hash is rejected
$ bdk-cli compile "and(pk(02e5b88fdb71c696e1a473f309a47535b7190e21a22bd25e7fc8bd055db3bba12f),sha256(H))"
Error: Generic error: Invalid policy: unexpected «failed to parse hex»

# real keys and xpubs compile
$ bdk-cli compile "or(pk(02e5b88fdb71c696e1a473f309a47535b7190e21a22bd25e7fc8bd055db3bba12f),pk(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFtXgS5sYJABqqG9YLmC4Q1Rdap9gSE8NqtwybGhePY2gZ29ESFjqJoCu1Rupje8YtGqsefD265TMg7usUDFdp6W1EGMcet8/0/*))"
{
  "descriptor": "wsh(or_b(pk(02e5b88fdb71c696e1a473f309a47535b7190e21a22bd25e7fc8bd055db3bba12f),s:pk(xpub661MyMwAqRbcFtXgS5sYJABqqG9YLmC4Q1Rdap9gSE8NqtwybGhePY2gZ29ESFjqJoCu1Rupje8YtGqsefD265TMg7usUDFdp6W1EGMcet8/0/*)))#t459ja6u"
}

# placeholders still work with the flag
$ bdk-cli compile "pk(ABC)" --allow-placeholders
{
  "descriptor": "wsh(pk(ABC))#8gmtcnaw"
}
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