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Re: Template language for random string generation

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On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> wrote:
> For instance, a template language that validates the output would have to do frequency analysis. But that is getting too far off the purpose of strgen, although such a mechanism would certainly have its place.

I don't think that would be necessary. The question being asked with
validation is "can this string be generated from this template", not
"is this string generated from this template with relatively high
probability".

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Template language for random string generation Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 02:01 -0700
  Re: Template language for random string generation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 19:22 +1000
    Re: Template language for random string generation Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 02:42 -0700
      Re: Template language for random string generation Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-08-08 07:20 -0400
        Re: Template language for random string generation Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 06:02 -0700
      Re: Template language for random string generation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 21:29 +1000
        Re: Template language for random string generation Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 06:03 -0700
  Re: Template language for random string generation Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-09 00:08 +1000
  Re: Template language for random string generation Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-08-08 09:35 -0500
    Re: Template language for random string generation cwolf.algo@gmail.com - 2014-08-08 11:43 -0700
      Re: Template language for random string generation Nick Cash <nick.cash@npcinternational.com> - 2014-08-08 20:28 +0000
  Re: Template language for random string generation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 16:03 -0600
    Re: Template language for random string generation Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> - 2014-08-08 23:52 -0700
      Re: Template language for random string generation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-09 01:49 -0600
      Re: Template language for random string generation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-09 01:57 -0600
  Re: Template language for random string generation Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 05:43 -0700
    Re: Template language for random string generation Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-11 02:31 +1000
      Re: Template language for random string generation Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 11:28 -0700
        Re: Template language for random string generation Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-11 12:22 +1000
          Re: Template language for random string generation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 12:31 +1000
          Re: Template language for random string generation Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 00:01 -0700
      Re: Template language for random string generation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 05:25 +1000
      Re: Template language for random string generation Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 22:06 -0700
        Re: Template language for random string generation Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-08-11 08:58 +0100
    Re: Template language for random string generation Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 09:34 -0700
      Re: Template language for random string generation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 10:47 -0600
        Re: Template language for random string generation Paul Wolf <paulwolf333@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 21:56 -0700
      Re: Template language for random string generation Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 11:48 -0700
  Re: Template language for random string generation Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-08-10 10:38 -0600

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