all_strings/src/main.rs

use std::hint::black_box;
use std::io::{stderr, Write};
use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
use std::thread::{self, sleep};
use std::time::{Duration, Instant};

use num_format::{Locale, ToFormattedString};

const ALL_CHARS_95: &'static str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789,.<>/?;':\"[]{}\\|-=_+`~!@#$%^&*() ";
// const ALL_ALPHA: &'static str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
// const ALL_ALPHA_NUM: &'static str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";

const LEN: usize = 8;

static mut TOTAL: usize = 0;

/// Pseudo main 
/// 
/// Starts the number crunching (blocking on main thread!) and the
/// timer thread which watches the main thread while
/// reporting statistics about it. 
fn start(char_list: &str, output_len: usize) {
    /// Flag to communicate between main (combination crunching) and
    /// timer threads.
    static mut IS_DONE: bool = false;
    /// Seconds between the calculating p/s and percentage done.
    const CHECK_IN_DELAY: u64 = 1;

    let start = Instant::now();
    // Try multithreading...
    let mut tasks = Vec::new();
    let mut counters = Vec::new();
    let mut buffers = Vec::new();

    // Start threads
    for i in char_list.chars() {
        let counter = Arc::new(RwLock::new(0u128));
        let buffer = Arc::new(RwLock::new(Vec::new()));

        counters.push(counter.clone());
        buffers.push(buffer.clone());

        let copy = char_list.to_owned();
        let worker = thread::spawn(move || {
            calc(&copy, &i.to_string(), output_len, counter, buffer);
        });
        tasks.push(worker);
    }

    // Just to report stats
    let timer = thread::spawn(move || {
        let mut out = stderr();

        while unsafe { !IS_DONE } {
            let mut elapsed = start.elapsed().as_secs() as u128;
            // prevent div by zero err
            if elapsed == 0 { elapsed = 1; }

            let mut sofar =0;
            for ele in &counters {
                sofar += *ele.read().unwrap();
            };

            // This doesn't free the memory fast enough! // FIXME
            for i in &buffers {
                for j in &*i.read().unwrap() {
                    let x = j;
                    black_box(x);
                }
                // prevent memory footprint from getting too big
                i.write().unwrap().clear();
                println!("clear")
            }

            // output P/s
            let _ = out.write(
                format!("\rCalculated {}, at {}p/s, {:.5}%",
                    sofar.to_formatted_string(&Locale::en_NA),
                    (sofar / elapsed).to_formatted_string(&Locale::en_NA),
                    sofar as f64 / unsafe { TOTAL as f64 } * 100f64,
                ).as_bytes());
            let _ = out.flush();
            sleep(Duration::from_secs(CHECK_IN_DELAY));
        };
    });

    // Block waiting for all the tasks to finish
    for i in tasks {i.join().unwrap();} 
    unsafe { IS_DONE = true; }
    timer.join().unwrap();

    eprintln!("\r{}ms to calculate the permutations (p) for {} chars (n) across {} slots (r).", start.elapsed().as_millis().to_formatted_string(&Locale::en_NA), char_list.len(), output_len);
}

fn main() {
    // All the status messages are printed on stderr
    // This way you can pipe the actual permutations into
    // a file whilst still getting debug messages. 
    let t = (ALL_CHARS_95.len() as u128).pow(LEN.try_into().unwrap());
    unsafe { TOTAL = t as usize };
    eprintln!(
        "Calculating {} combinations...\n(Number may be truncated if too large)\n",
        unsafe { TOTAL }.to_formatted_string(&Locale::en_NA)
    );

    start(ALL_CHARS_95, LEN);
}

/// Recursively create and print every combination of
/// `choices` chars inside a string of `len` length.
/// 
/// 
/// * `choices` string containing all the chars you wish
/// to build random strings with. 
/// 
/// * `prefix` should be a blank string `""` unless you
/// actually want a prefix on every output. This variable is
/// mainly used within the recursive nature of the function.
/// 
/// * `len` the size that all the output strings wil be.
/// 
/// * `counter` what to count into
fn calc(choices: &str, prefix: &str, len: usize, counter: Arc<RwLock<u128>>, buffer: Arc<RwLock<Vec<String>>>) {
    let need_to_fill = len - prefix.len();
    match need_to_fill {
        // the last char in the sequence, time to print
        1 => {
            for i in choices.chars() {
                // This line causes a 10x slowdown
                buffer.write().unwrap().push(format!("{}{}", prefix, i));

                // Needs to be in two lines like this, otherwise the write blocks on the read.
                let temp = *counter.read().unwrap();
                *counter.write().unwrap() = temp+1;
            }
        }
        // need to recurse farther into the sequence
        _ => {
            for i in choices.chars() {
                calc(choices, &(prefix.to_string() + &i.to_string()), len, counter.clone(), buffer.clone());
            }
        }
    }
}