anchor.diff:      erlang:put(pids_uid_counter, Result),
       Result.
   
  --type global_uid() :: {pos_integer(), comm:mypid()}.
   -spec get_global_uid() -> global_uid().
   get_global_uid() ->
       _Result = {get_pids_uid(), comm:this()}
  
positive.code: -vsn('$Id$').
  
  -include("scalaris.hrl").
  
  -export([escape_quotes/1,
           min/2, max/2, logged_exec/1,
  
negative.code: -export([sup_worker_desc/3, sup_worker_desc/4, sup_supervisor_desc/3, sup_supervisor_desc/4, tc/3]).
  -export([get_pids_uid/0]).
  -export([get_global_uid/0]).
  
  -type global_uid() :: {pos_integer(), comm:mypid()}.
  
  %% @doc Applies start_link in the given Module with the given Parameters.
  -spec parameterized_start_link(Module::module(), Parameters::list()) -> term() | none().
  