From c559f80f08d2067fc9400b47f2cf5b97efd8e404 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tyler Goodlet <jgbt@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:55:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Extend `.msg.types.Aid` method interface

Providing the legacy `.uid -> tuple` style id (since still used for the
`Actor._contexts` table) and a `repr-one-line` method `.reprol() -> str`
for rendering a compact unique actor ID summary (useful in
logging/.pformat()s at the least).
---
 tractor/msg/types.py | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tractor/msg/types.py b/tractor/msg/types.py
index aaf8d137..f077f132 100644
--- a/tractor/msg/types.py
+++ b/tractor/msg/types.py
@@ -154,6 +154,29 @@ class Aid(
     #     should also include at least `.pid` (equiv to port for tcp)
     #     and/or host-part always?
 
+    @property
+    def uid(self) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        '''
+        Legacy actor "unique-id" pair format.
+
+        '''
+        return (
+            self.name,
+            self.uuid,
+        )
+
+    def reprol(
+        self,
+        sin_uuid: bool = True,
+    ) -> str:
+        if not sin_uuid:
+            return (
+                f'{self.name}[{self.uuid[:6]}]@{self.pid!r}'
+            )
+        return (
+            f'{self.name}@{self.pid!r}'
+        )
+
 
 class SpawnSpec(
     pretty_struct.Struct,