GNU bug report logs - #58472
[PATCH] Make `message-unique-id' less prone to collisions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:09:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #58 received at 58472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 58472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58472: [PATCH] Make `message-unique-id' less prone to
 collisions
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 23:17:28 -0700

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org> writes:
>
>> Can a string be turned into a non-negative bignum integer in
>> (simple) elisp?
>
> Does this look reasonable?
>
>     (seq-reduce (lambda (a i) (+ (ash a 8) i))
>                 (secure-hash 'md5 'iv-auto 128 nil t) 0)

Yep, not too bad, thanks.

-- 
matt (sent from an Emacs running the feature/noverlay branch)
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