Add filters for ensuring deterministic snapshots #32
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Summary
This PR adds the concept of "filters" to snapshot.
A filter is a regex replacement that is applied to snapshots prior to serialisation, the goal of which is to replace non-deterministic (but known format) data
with deterministic placeholders.
Some motivating examples:
"[UUID]""[TIMESTAMP]""[TEMP_FILE]"I wonder if we should provide a set of defaults? And possibly a way to opt out if not desired. Or just leave it completely up to the caller and provide no defaults, but document
some examples (like the above)