[Patches] [ python-Patches-1368955 ] UUID module for Python

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Patches item #1368955, was opened at 2005-11-29 03:58
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ka-Ping Yee (ping)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: UUID module for Python

Initial Comment:
I recently tossed off a module to generate UUIDs
because i needed one.  Fredrik Lundh suggested i submit
it here for inclusion in the standard library.

See http://zesty.ca/python/uuid.html for a pydoc page.

The module provides a UUID class for representing UUIDs
and can generate version 1, 3, 4, or 5 UUIDs.

One drawback of the implementation is that it currently
runs external programs ("ipconfig" or "ifconfig") to
obtain the Ethernet hardware address used in a version
1 UUID.  The version 1 UUID implementation also does
not use persistent storage to determine the clock
sequence number.


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>Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2006-03-07 10:45

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On c.l.py, Thomas Heller noted:

"""
I haven't used this module, but:

The wingetaddr() function doesn't work on a german version
of windows (there is no line in the output that starts with
'physical address').

In getaddr(), what if windows is installed on the D: drive?
"""

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Comment By: Ian Bicking (ianbicking)
Date: 2006-03-07 03:06

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We had some minor problems backporting this to Python 2.3;
this fixed it:

-        uuid = UUID(randrange(1<<32L), randrange(1<<16),
randrange(1<<16),
-                    randrange(1<<8), randrange(1<<8),
randrange(1<<48L))
+        uuid = UUID(randrange(1<<32), randrange(1<<16),
randrange(1<<16),
+                    randrange(1<<8), randrange(1<<8),
randrange(1<<48))

I'm not sure what the most current version looks like, so
this might not be a problem anymore (e.g. if the values get
precalculated)

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Comment By: Michael Ströder (stroeder)
Date: 2005-12-07 18:47

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I'd like to see some constants pre-calculated for gaining
performance, e.g. during mass data handling. E.g. the MAC
address should only determined once after startup. Or at
least as key-word argument so that the caller can decide to
cache the MAC address.

def uuid1(node=None):
  [..]
  node = node or getaddr()


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Comment By: Ka-Ping Yee (ping)
Date: 2005-11-30 06:54

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This update fixes the order of the bytes in a hash-generated
UUID.  With this fix, the interpretation of RFC 4122 is that
"octet 0" refers to the MOST significant octet, i.e. the one
printed on the left.

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Comment By: Ka-Ping Yee (ping)
Date: 2005-11-29 04:14

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This update fixes __repr__ to return a proper expression
and adds the use of os.urandom (if available) to generate
randomness for version 4 UUIDs.

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Comment By: Ka-Ping Yee (ping)
Date: 2005-11-29 04:14

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This update fixes __repr__ to return a proper expression
and adds the use of os.urandom (if available) to generate
randomness for version 4 UUIDs.

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Comment By: Ka-Ping Yee (ping)
Date: 2005-11-29 04:14

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This update fixes __repr__ to return a proper expression
and adds the use of os.urandom (if available) to generate
randomness for version 4 UUIDs.

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