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  1. Documentation
  2. DOCS-218

Document that the ObjectId "inc" field should start out randomized

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      The "inc" field of ObjectId should start at a random value, not 0, to reduce the chances of collisions. The the Java driver and the core implementation do this, but the Python one doesn't. http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Object+IDs#ObjectIDs-BSONObjectIDSpecification should say that "inc" starts at a random value.

      (I've sent a trivial patch to the Python driver to fix that issue; this ticket is only concerning the docs.)

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            sam.kleinman Sam Kleinman (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            glenn Glenn Maynard
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