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create a unique timestamp (with a namespace)
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redis_unique_ts.py
import time
def get_unique_timestamp(redis_connection, uniqueness_namespace):
while True:
t = time.time()
key = namespace % t
if redis_connection.setnx(key):
return key
time.sleep(0.1)
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