> This works fine up to 5 char combinations... but when you get
> to the over 900.000 tests for the 6 char ones... argh ;-\
>
> My computer simply froze (2)... and a message stating
> something like "Enormous test number seen" kept displaying.
>
> So... is this normal? How would you normally test this kind of thing?
Yes it normal more or less.
Normally you would do a proof on something like this. And you would work through the code and ensure that it actually does what the proof says it must.
Think about it, any other approach would require an infinite number of tests.
Yves
