api_pidremove
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Subjects: Persistent ID
Contents: Persistent ID

The api_pidremove function removes the persistent ID from a given entity, provided one exists. No attempt is made to reuse this persistent ID for a subsequent entity. For example, refer to the following sequence of function calls:


1. api_pidset(A)


Entity A is given a persistent ID; this ID is associated with index 1.


2. api_pidremove(A)


Entity A has no persistent ID (so, no index).


3. api_pidset(B)


Entity B is given a persistent ID with index 2 (the ID associated with index 1 is not reused).


4. api_pidset(A)


Entity A is given a persistent ID with index 3 (the ID associated with index 1 is not reused).
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