def unsignedID(obj):
 rval = _idFunction(obj)
 if (rval < 0):
  rval += _HUGEINT
 return rval

def unsignedID ( obj ) : rval = _idFunction ( obj ) if ( rval < 0 ) : rval += _HUGEINT return rval
return the id of an object as an unsigned number so that its hex representation makes sense .