generate random-like id

gistfile1.py

import math
def generate(id, align = 8): 
    a = bin(id)[2:]
    bin_align = int(math.log(10 ** align, 2)) 
    fill_a = a.rjust(bin_align, '0')
    left = fill_a[: bin_align / 2]
    right = fill_a[bin_align / 2:] 
    
    temp = [int(right[-1])]
    for i in right[::-1][1:]:
        temp.append(temp[-1] ^ int(i))
    
    print "fill_a :   ", fill_a
    print "right part :  ", temp
    
    temp2 = []
    
    for i in range(0, len(left)):
        temp2.append(int(left[i]) ^ int(right[i]))
    
    print "left part :  ", temp2

    result = int(''.join(map(lambda s:str(s), temp + temp2)), 2)
    print "result : ", result
    return result
        


generate(10)