Serial number production

[Proqrammer]

Hi there,

I'm looking for some general help regarding serial numbers, should serial number represent anything? are there any common algorithms to generate serial numbers? How does it work?

 

[stefanwagner]

Serial numbers shouldn't mean anything.
If they depend on something, you get a dependency, which might produce problems in the future.

static int serial = 0;

getSerial ()
{
        return ++serial;
}

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