Fredrik Lundh wrote:
Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
Quite a few people have expressed interest in having UUID functionality in the standard library, and previously on this list some suggested possibly using the uuid.py module i wrote:
+1!
+1 as well. I have a couple of suggestions for improving that implementation: 1. You're currently using os.urandom, which can raise a NotImplementedError. You should be prepared to fall back on a different PRNG... which leads to the 2nd suggestion: 2. random.randrange is a method on a default random.Random instance that, although seeded by urandom (if available), may not be the user's preferred PRNG. I recommend making it possible for the user to supply their own random.Random instance for use by the module. That's all. :)