UniqueId.H

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// Copyright (C) 2001, Compaq Computer Corporation
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// Last modified on Fri Nov  9 14:11:52 EST 2001 by ken@xorian.net
//      modified on Fri Oct 18 00:19:14 PDT 1996 by heydon

// UniqueId.H -- constructs fingerprints that are (probabilistically) unique

#ifndef _UNIQUE_ID_H
#define _UNIQUE_ID_H

#include <Basics.H>
#include "FP.H"

/* The method(s) in this interface are unmonitored. */

FP::Tag UniqueId() throw ();
/* Return a new fingerprint that is (probabilistically)
   unique (across all sites, machines, processes, and time). */

#endif // _UNIQUE_ID_H

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