in reply to Re: Combinatorics problem.
in thread Combinatorics problem. (Updated with more info.)

Update: avoiding most of the memory usage:

That's perfect. Thankyou.

It generates the 462 of my bastard testcase instantly:

C:\test>1149981-gf -cards=12 -holes=7 | wc -l
    462

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I'll probably try and turn it into an iterator once my brain's in gear; but the algorithm is spot on. Thanks again.

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