generating uuids / guids

[Jonathan P.]

aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote in message news:<cf8nui$1uo$1 at panix1.panix.com>...

> Sure it would.  Best way to start is to create a stand-alone third-party
> library that implements the full DCE spec.  Once it has proven its
> utility and stability, send a note to python-dev suggesting that it be
> added.
> 
> Keep in mind that UUID generation is a somewhat complex and tricky
> business will likely require some kind of C library support (to get the
> MAC address, to check if there's already a system-level UUID/GUID
> generator present, to provide a "good" UUID if there's no network card,
> and so on).

Aren't there already uuid generation routines in both Linux and
Windows and wouldn't all that's needed be to wrap them in Python?