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# Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004  Nicolas Despres. All rights reserved.
# Author: Nicolas Despres  <[e-mail]>.
# License: Gnu General Public License.

# $LastChangedBy: ertai $
# $Id: generate_id.rb 186 2005-04-03 00:07:45Z ertai $


require 'md5'


module Kernel

  def generate_id(&already_exist)
    md5 = Digest::MD5::new
    id = ''
    begin
      md5.update(id)
      md5.update(String(Time::now))
      md5.update(String(rand(0)))
      md5.update(String($$))
      md5.update(String($0))
      id = md5.hexdigest[0,16]
    end while already_exist[id]
    id
  end

end # module Kernel

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
ttk-0.1.576	ruby_ex/generate_id.rb
ttk-0.1.579	ruby_ex/generate_id.rb
ttk-0.1.580	ruby_ex/generate_id.rb