twisted.mail.maildir._MaildirNameGenerator
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A utility class to generate a unique maildir name.
Instance Variable | n | A counter used to generate unique integers. (type: int ) |
Instance Variable | p | The ID of the current process. (type: int ) |
Instance Variable | s | A representation of the hostname. (type: bytes ) |
Method | __init__ | |
Method | generate | Generate a string which is intended to be unique across all calls to this function (across all processes, reboots, etc). |
Instance Variable | _clock | See clock parameter of __init__ . |
Parameters | clock | A reactor which will be used to learn the current time. (type: IReactorTime
provider) |
Generate a string which is intended to be unique across all calls to this function (across all processes, reboots, etc).
Strings returned by earlier calls to this method will compare less than strings returned by later calls as long as the clock provided doesn't go backwards.
Returns | A unique string. (type: bytes ) |