// generate the password,
// This will generate a password with the given specifications, and return it.
// Any error from the password generator will be relayed here and can be printed
// to the user.
func GeneratePassword() (string, error) {
var gen *pwdgen.PwdGen
var symset *symbol.MultiSet
var err error
if symset, err = symbol.NewMultiSetFromDefaults([]string{"alpha", "ALPHA", "num"}); err != nil {
return "", err
}
if gen, err = pwdgen.NewPwdGen(symset, cmdline.PwLength); err != nil {
return "", err
}
return gen.String(), nil
}
func BenchmarkPwdGenString(b *testing.B) {
length := 10
b.StopTimer()
var gen *PwdGen
var symset *symbol.MultiSet
var err error
if symset, err = symbol.NewMultiSetFromDefaults([]string{"alpha", "ALPHA", "num"}); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("Unable to create default MultiSet: %s", err)
}
if gen, err = NewPwdGen(symset, length); err != nil {
b.Fatalf("Unable to create generator: %s", err)
}
b.StartTimer()
for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
if s := gen.String(); len(s) != length {
b.Errorf("generated password \"%s\" does not have the expected length of %d", s, length)
}
}
}