6 # This module is commonly used by others in here and should avoid
7 # taking any unnecessary dependencies back on them.
9 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
13 def get(name: str, *, start=0) -> int:
15 Returns a thread safe monotonically increasing id suitable for use
16 as a globally unique identifier.
18 >>> import id_generator
19 >>> id_generator.get('student_id')
21 >>> id_generator.get('student_id')
23 >>> id_generator.get('employee_id', start=10000)
25 >>> id_generator.get('employee_id', start=10000)
28 if name not in generators:
29 generators[name] = itertools.count(start, 1)
30 x = next(generators[name])
31 logger.debug(f"Generated next id {x}")
35 if __name__ == '__main__':