From: Julie S <msj...@ya...> - 2010-08-22 12:50:42
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Hello Chris, Concerning: > Is there any reason why we should prefer ID numbers to be > low (or contiguous)? No not really. > A traditional alternative, if we really don't care about > what the > numbers actually are, would be to make them random, or > hashed on some > basis. We'll we still have to check the hash against collisions, therefore we'd still need to access a list or set. ... I'm taking a first stab at combining the two halves of the solution and see what you think. Sincerely, Julie S. |