Since this thing is on the innerwebs I suppose it should have a

[python_utils.git] / id_generator.py

diff --git a/id_generator.py b/id_generator.py
index 4e650dca9f13662a1ace7013d4f00bcd3a0082e2..f15efa360e46a07e59d21fe4b85e950f4fcf05a0 100644 (file)
--- a/id_generator.py
+++ b/id_generator.py
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+# © Copyright 2021-2022, Scott Gasch
+
+"""A helper class for generating thread safe monotonically increasing
+id numbers.
+
+"""
+
 import itertools
 import logging
 
@@ -10,7 +17,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 generators = {}
 
 
-def get(name: str) -> int:
+def get(name: str, *, start=0) -> int:
     """
     Returns a thread safe monotonically increasing id suitable for use
     as a globally unique identifier.
@@ -20,14 +27,19 @@ def get(name: str) -> int:
     0
     >>> id_generator.get('student_id')
     1
+    >>> id_generator.get('employee_id', start=10000)
+    10000
+    >>> id_generator.get('employee_id', start=10000)
+    10001
     """
     if name not in generators:
-        generators[name] = itertools.count()
+        generators[name] = itertools.count(start, 1)
     x = next(generators[name])
-    logger.debug(f"Generated next id {x}")
+    logger.debug("Generated next id %d", x)
     return x
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import doctest
+
     doctest.testmod()