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27 lines
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This is Go package to generate guid (globally unique id) with good properties
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Usage:
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```go
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import "github.com/kjk/betterguid"
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id := betterguid.New()
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fmt.Printf("guid: '%s'\n", id)
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```
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Generated guids have good properties:
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* they're 20 character strings, safe for inclusion in urls (don't require escaping)
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* they're based on timestamp so that they sort **after** any existing ids
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* they contain 72-bits of random data after the timestamp so that IDs won't
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collide with other clients' IDs
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* they sort **lexicographically** (so the timestamp is converted to characters
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that will sort properly)
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* they're monotonically increasing. Even if you generate more than one in the
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same timestamp, thelatter ones will sort after the former ones. We do this
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by using the previous random bits but "incrementing" them by 1 (only in the
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case of a timestamp collision).
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Read https://www.firebase.com/blog/2015-02-11-firebase-unique-identifiers.html
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for more info.
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Based on https://gist.github.com/mikelehen/3596a30bd69384624c11
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