        <td class="paramtype">const std::string &amp;&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="paramname"> <em>val</em> = <code>&quot;val&quot;</code></td>
          <td>&nbsp;)&nbsp;</td>
          <td> const<code> [inline, virtual]</code></td>
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<p>Specialization of shortID. </p>
<p>Implementation of shortID.</p>
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    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>val</em>