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package scala.actors
package remote

object FreshNameCreator {

  protected var counter = 0
  protected val counters = new scala.collection.mutable.HashMap[String, Int]

  /**
   * Create a fresh name with the given prefix. It is guaranteed
   * that the returned name has never been returned by a previous
   * call to this function (provided the prefix does not end in a digit).
   */
  def newName(prefix: String): Symbol = {
    val count = counters.get(prefix) match {
      case Some(last) => last + 1
      case None => 0
    }
    counters.update(prefix, count)
    Symbol(prefix + count)
  }

  def newName(): Symbol = {
    counter += 1
    Symbol("$" + counter + "$")
  }
}
