3 * Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@cs.unibo.it>
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29 let _ = Random.self_init ()
34 (* characters forbidden inside an XML attribute value. Well, '>' and '''
35 aren't really forbidden, but are listed here ... just to be sure *)
36 let forbidden_chars = (* i.e. [ '"'; '&'; '\''; '<'; '>' ] *)
37 [ 34; 38; 39; 60; 62 ] (* assumption: is sorted! *)
38 let chars_range = max_ascii - min_ascii + 1 - (List.length forbidden_chars)
40 (* return a random id char c such that
41 (min_ascii <= Char.code c) &&
42 (Char.code c <= max_ascii) &&
43 (not (List.mem (Char.code c) forbidden_chars))
45 let random_id_char () =
46 let rec nth_char ascii shifts = function
47 | [] -> Char.chr (ascii + shifts)
48 | hd::tl when ascii + shifts < hd -> Char.chr (ascii + shifts)
49 | hd::tl (* when ascii + shifts >= hd *) -> nth_char ascii (shifts + 1) tl
51 nth_char (Random.int chars_range + min_ascii) 0 forbidden_chars
53 (* return a random id string which have length id_length *)
55 let str = String.create id_length in
56 for i = 0 to id_length - 1 do
57 String.set str i (random_id_char ())
61 let new_broker_id = new_id
62 let new_client_id = new_id
63 let new_musing_id = new_id
64 let new_tutor_id = new_id