Replace key generator in the NWStatus class

novelwriter/core/project.py

@@ -218,12 +218,12 @@ class NWProject():
         }
         self.spellCheck  = False
         self.autoOutline = True
-        self.statusItems = NWStatus("s")
+        self.statusItems = NWStatus(NWStatus.STATUS)
         self.statusItems.write(None, self.tr("New"),      (100, 100, 100))
         self.statusItems.write(None, self.tr("Note"),     (200, 50,  0))
         self.statusItems.write(None, self.tr("Draft"),    (200, 150, 0))
         self.statusItems.write(None, self.tr("Finished"), (50,  200, 0))
-        self.importItems = NWStatus("i")
+        self.importItems = NWStatus(NWStatus.IMPORT)
         self.importItems.write(None, self.tr("New"),   (100, 100, 100))
         self.importItems.write(None, self.tr("Minor"), (200, 50,  0))
         self.importItems.write(None, self.tr("Major"), (200, 150, 0))
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ class NWProject():
             logger.error("No project path set for the new project")
             return False
 
+        self.clearProject()
         if not self.setProjectPath(projPath, newProject=True):
             return False
 

novelwriter/core/status.py

@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class NWStatus():
 
+    STATUS = 1
+    IMPORT = 2
+
     def __init__(self, type):
 
-        self._type = str(type)
+        self._type = type
         self._store = {}
         self._reverse = {}
         self._default = None
@@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ class NWStatus():
         pixmap.fill(QColor(100, 100, 100))
         self._defaultIcon = QIcon(pixmap)
 
+        if self._type == self.STATUS:
+            self._prefix = "s"
+        elif self._type == self.IMPORT:
+            self._prefix = "i"
+        else:
+            raise Exception("This is a bug!")
+
         return
 
     def write(self, key, name, cols, count=None):
@@ -209,21 +219,21 @@ class NWStatus():
         flags. The Python recursion limit is given the job to handle
         the extreme case and will cause an app crash.
         """
-        key = f"{self._type}{random.randint(0, 0xffffff):06x}"
+        key = f"{self._prefix}{random.getrandbits(24):06x}"
         if key in self._store:
             key = self._newKey()
         return key
 
-    def _isKey(self, key):
-        """Check if a string is a key or not.
+    def _isKey(self, value):
+        """Check if a value is a key or not.
         """
-        if not isinstance(key, str):
+        if not isinstance(value, str):
             return False
-        if len(key) != 7:
+        if len(value) != 7:
             return False
-        if key[0] != self._type:
+        if value[0] != self._prefix:
             return False
-        for c in key[1:]:
+        for c in value[1:]:
             if c not in "0123456789abcdef":
                 return False
         return True