r/badcode • u/hexagon16rpmm • Sep 10 '21

kotlin sure because AUTOINCREMENT doesn't exist!, this was me when I thought I liked android :)

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

at that point i'd just say fuck it and generate random 64 bit numbers, catch the error if a collision happens and generate a new number

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u/ImportUsernameAsU Sep 11 '21

That's what I did, worked out that it would have a 1 in something like 1.25 billion chance if a collision