I think the misunderstanding is just definitional, if you're searching on a constrained-space it wouldn't be called brute-force, though by all means you are sti

I think the misunderstanding is just definitional, if you're searching on a constrained-space it wouldn't be called brute-force, though by all means you are still enumerating possible solutions. > Brute force search should not be confused with backtracking, where large sets of solutions can be discarded without being explicitly enumerated * [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_search