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31 lines
979 B
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# Icechip
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A snowflake library that actually does what it is supposed to.
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Adheres to the twitter specification, but also has an improved mode.
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## Twitter Specification
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| u64 or i64 | | | |
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| bits 0-40 | bits 41-51 | bits 52-62 | 63 |
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| time since an epoch in ms | machine id | sequence number | sign |
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## Enhanced Specification
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Utilizes a 64 bit unsigned integer, moves the now spare sign bit and one sequence bit to the machine ID.
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| u64 |||
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| 0-40 | 41-53 | 54-63 |
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| time since an epoch in ms | machine id | sequence number |
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## Extended Enhanced Specification
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Utilizes a 128 bit unsigned integer. 32bit machine id, 32bit sequence number. (*Ought to be enough for anybody™*)
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| u128 |||
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|:-:|:-:|:-:|
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| 0-63 | 64-95 | 96-127 |
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| full unix timestamp ms | machine id | sequence number |
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Another good doc explaining the general fuctionality of snowflakes:[discord api reference](https://discord.com/developers/docs/reference#snowflakes)
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