From: Armin Roehrl <armin@...>
Date: 2001-11-03T08:26:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24230] Re: inline comments, IDs

On Saturday 03 November 2001 00:17, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How to:
>
> 1.
> I have a long line of code (I know I know ;) ), and want to comment out
> a span.
> How to write an inline comment with begin and end?
=begin
         comments
         comments
=end
>
> 2.
> ID: something (digits and word characters or whatever) that's guaranteed
> to be unique for the time the program runs. (random numbers could be
> duplicate)
How often do you start the prog.?
The number of s or ms .. that have passed since the Unix big-bang?
(read current time in s since 19..)

or
.. if you seed your RNG with the current-time?

unless you write a high-security banking app.. I wouldn't worry
too much about "mathematically guaranteed" uniquness.. 

>
> Tobi

-- 
Armin.

-----------------------------------------------
Armin Roehrl, http://www.approximity.com
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
                                          --Alan Kay