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