GlobalID globalID =
  ifdef alwaysSetGlobalIDs aGlobalIDObj(); endifdef
  ifndef alwaysSetGlobalIDs aGlobalIDObjUnlessLoading(); endifndef

public GlobalID globalID() { ret globalID; }
public S globalIDStr() { ret strOrNull(globalID); }

S prependGlobalID(S s) { ret globalID == null ? s : "[" + globalID + "] " + s; }