# complexities a(((b)))c - abc abc a(b|(c))d - abd abd a(b*|c)d - abbd abbd # just gotta have one DFA-buster, of course a[ab]{20} - aaaaabaaaabaaaabaaaab aaaaabaaaabaaaabaaaab # and an inline expansion in case somebody gets tricky a[ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab] - aaaaabaaaabaaaabaaaab aaaaabaaaabaaaabaaaab # and in case somebody just slips in an NFA... a[ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab][ab](wee|week)(knights|night) - aaaaabaaaabaaaabaaaabweeknights aaaaabaaaabaaaabaaaabweeknights # fish for anomalies as the number of states passes 32 12345678901234567890123456789 - a12345678901234567890123456789b 12345678901234567890123456789 123456789012345678901234567890 - a123456789012345678901234567890b 123456789012345678901234567890 1234567890123456789012345678901 - a1234567890123456789012345678901b 1234567890123456789012345678901 12345678901234567890123456789012 - a12345678901234567890123456789012b 12345678901234567890123456789012 123456789012345678901234567890123 - a123456789012345678901234567890123b 123456789012345678901234567890123 # and one really big one, beyond any plausible word width 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 - a1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890b 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 # fish for problems as brackets go past 8 [ab][cd][ef][gh][ij][kl][mn] - xacegikmoq acegikm [ab][cd][ef][gh][ij][kl][mn][op] - xacegikmoq acegikmo [ab][cd][ef][gh][ij][kl][mn][op][qr] - xacegikmoqy acegikmoq [ab][cd][ef][gh][ij][kl][mn][op][q] - xacegikmoqy acegikmoq