Adding a stub for the initcounters method and the pseudocode for it

noid.py

@@ -74,6 +74,47 @@ class Minter():
                     self.oatop *= self.digitcount
         return self.oatop
 
+    def genid(self) -> str:
+        # 1. Check if the oacounter >= oatop
+        #    -> noid are exhausted
+        #    -> At this time, all our noid are considered as longterm
+        #    -> At this tile, all our noid are not sequential, thus random
+        # 2. Get the size of saclist (active counters list)
+        # 3. if that size is less than 1 then no more active counters then no noid
+        # 4. pick at random an active counter
+        #    - rand → int (index to use)
+        # 5. get its value
+        # 6. increment its value
+        # 7. increment oacounter
+        # 8. deal with an exhausted subcounter
+        #    - if new value is more more or equal to the top value of this counter
+        #      - remove this counter from the saclist
+        #      - add this counter to the siclist
+        # 9. Generate the noid with a call to n2xdig()
+        #    - Arguments
+        #      - value + (index * percounter)
+        #      - mask
+        # 10. return the noid
+        return ""
+
+    def initcounters() -> None:
+        # 1. Initialize oacounter to 0
+        # 2. Set up a maxcounters variable to 293
+        # 3. Set up a percounter variable to int(total / maxcounters + 1)
+        # 4. Divides $total into sub-counters of size $pctr, stores this
+        #    distribution in $noid, and prepares the structure to generate
+        #    IDs in a balanced manner.
+        #    - copy the value of total to the variable t
+        #    - copy the value of percounter to pctr
+        #    - initialize saclist as an empty string (list)
+        #    - while t is more than zero
+        #      - set up the top value for the counter
+        #        `$t >= $pctr ? $pctr : $t`
+        #      - set value of this counter to 0
+        #      - add the counter to saclist
+        #      - substract pctr from t
+        pass
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import doctest