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  The upper bound on the number of test cases in the new regression test is
         2,359,296, but it'll probably, hopefully, be less than that.

We're coming up with a new regression test at work that kind of, maybe,
combines both the original “Project: Wolowizard [1]” and the new “Project:
Sippy Cup [2]” and my manager, S, came up with 11 variables to test; A with
values A, A ‥ A; B with values B, B, B, B; C with values etc. And multiplying
out all the possible values of all the variables, I end up with a potential
2,359,296 possible test cases.

Now, some of the cases aren't possible. For instance, values D, D, Dand D can
only be tested with value H (or rather, with those values of D, H is the only
value H can have), while D, D, D and D can only be tested with values H, H
and H. So, just looking at D and H, it's … um … let's see … there are two
parties involved, both with D and H values, and does it make sense for PD to
call PD? Um … well, in this case, H doesn't really apply to P so out of a
possible 32 combinations, only … um … 24 really apply.

I think.

Yeah, it's going to be real fun trying to puzzle out all the cases.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2010/10/11.1
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2014/03/05.1

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