diff -r ef54868a9226 -r 2f3c077359c4 progs/matcher/re1.sc
--- a/progs/matcher/re1.sc	Sat Sep 23 23:53:06 2023 +0100
+++ b/progs/matcher/re1.sc	Mon Sep 25 13:14:34 2023 +0100
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@
   }
 }
 
+
+
+
 // the size of a regular expressions - for testing purposes 
 def size(r: Rexp) : Int = r match {
   case ZERO => 1
@@ -147,34 +150,31 @@
 // derivatives might result into bigger and bigger
 // regular expressions...here is an example for this:
 
-// (a+b)* o a o b o (a+b)*
-val BIG_aux = STAR(ALT(CHAR('a'), CHAR('b')))
-val BIG = SEQ(BIG_aux, SEQ(CHAR('a'),SEQ(CHAR('b'), BIG_aux)))
+
+// (a + aa)*
+val BIG = STAR(ALT(CHAR('a'), SEQ(CHAR('a'), CHAR('a'))))
 
 size(ders("".toList, BIG))              // 13
-size(ders("ab".toList, BIG))            // 51
-size(ders("abab".toList, BIG))          // 112
-size(ders("ababab".toList, BIG))        // 191
-size(ders("abababab".toList, BIG))      // 288
-size(ders("ababababab".toList, BIG))    // 403
-size(ders("abababababab".toList, BIG))  // 536
+size(ders("aa".toList, BIG))            // 51
+size(ders("aaaa".toList, BIG))          // 112
+size(ders("aaaaaa".toList, BIG))        // 191
+size(ders("aaaaaaaa".toList, BIG))      // 288
+size(ders("aaaaaaaaaa".toList, BIG))    // 403
+size(ders("aaaaaaaaaaaa".toList, BIG))  // 536
 
 
-size(ders(("ab" * 200).toList, BIG))    // 366808
+size(ders(("a" * 30).toList, BIG))      // 31010539
 
-@arg(doc = "Test (a + b)* o (a o b) o (a + b)*")
 @main
 def test3() = {
-  println("Test (a + b)* o (a o b) o (a + b)*")
+  println("Test (a + aa)*")
 
-  for (i <- 0 to 200 by 10) {
-    println(f"$i: ${time_needed(2, matcher(BIG, "ab" * i))}%.5f")
+  for (i <- 0 to 30 by 5) {
+    println(f"$i: ${time_needed(2, matcher(BIG, "a" * i))}%.5f")
   }
 }
 
 
-
-
 @arg(doc = "All tests.")
 @main
 def all() = { test1(); test2() ; test3() }