Merge pull request #182 from Novfensec/Novfensec-patch-1

Update counter.py

aprsd/utils/counter.py

@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-from multiprocessing import RawValue
 import random
 import threading
-
 import wrapt
 
-
 MAX_PACKET_ID = 9999
 
-
 class PacketCounter:
     """
-    Global Packet id counter class.
+    Global Packet ID counter class.
 
-    This is a singleton based class that keeps
+    This is a singleton-based class that keeps
     an incrementing counter for all packets to
-    be sent.  All new Packet objects gets a new
+    be sent. All new Packet objects get a new
-    message id, which is the next number available
+    message ID, which is the next number available
     from the PacketCounter.
 
     """
@@ -27,25 +23,29 @@ class PacketCounter:
         """Make this a singleton class."""
         if cls._instance is None:
             cls._instance = super().__new__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
-            cls._instance.val = RawValue("i", random.randint(1, MAX_PACKET_ID))
+            cls._instance._val = random.randint(1, MAX_PACKET_ID)  # Initialize counter
         return cls._instance
 
     @wrapt.synchronized(lock)
     def increment(self):
-        if self.val.value == MAX_PACKET_ID:
+        """Increment the counter, reset if it exceeds MAX_PACKET_ID."""
-            self.val.value = 1
+        if self._val == MAX_PACKET_ID:
+            self._val = 1
         else:
-            self.val.value += 1
+            self._val += 1
 
     @property
     @wrapt.synchronized(lock)
     def value(self):
-        return str(self.val.value)
+        """Get the current value as a string."""
+        return str(self._val)
 
     @wrapt.synchronized(lock)
     def __repr__(self):
-        return str(self.val.value)
+        """String representation of the current value."""
+        return str(self._val)
 
     @wrapt.synchronized(lock)
     def __str__(self):
-        return str(self.val.value)
+        """String representation of the current value."""
+        return str(self._val)