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1477: Re: Greetings. :)

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From: "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 23:45:13 -0400
Organization: Kanga.Nu
> From: Shawn Halpenny <malachai@iname.com>
> On Apr 6,  8:23am, coder@ibm.net wrote:
> >   Objects have Unique IDs.
> 
> I've been kicking this unique ID/object around as well, and was
> wondering about how you generate them?  I haven't been able to find
<snip>
> Any magical algorithms? :)

Well, I use an static double integer (64 bit).  I simply increment it every time I created 
an object.  On boot up, I save the highest object number loaded.
I've seen servers which recalculate all the object numbers at a reboot to recover
the holes.  I don't do this as of yet.

BTW Does anyone know how to create a "magic number" from any given size
block of memory?