Resetting ids

[Tom Glod]

I've wondered about this for years....
But thinking about it the unsigned 32 bit limit is over 4 billion ......
so you are  0.0093% of the way to the limit
The new limit is probably 64 bit.
Probably what happens when u hit the limit is it rolls over and starts at 0
or 1000 like a new stack, and then searches for the nearest unused id.
I'm at the 2.5 millions when i create a new id in my master stack.
Interesting to think about, but nothing to fear.



On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 4:26 AM jbv via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have a script that creates various controls on the fly
> and then groups some of them for a rather sophisticated layout.
> As I had to make many tests, modify my script many times
> and save the stack each time, the ids of the controls now
> reach astronomical values (above 400000).
> Is there a way to reset the ids to minimum values before
> building the final standalone, or will they be reset
> automatically when the standalone is built ?
> My fear is that, when running the standalone, new created
> controls ids will get even greater values and might
> finally reach a maximum...
>
> Thank you in advance.
> jbv
>
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