ANN: uid.py 1.0.2 -- Configurable unique ID generation

[Tim Roberts]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
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>Summary
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>    Configurable unique ID generation.
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>Overview
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>    Provided is an implementation of a "unique" ID (UID) generator in
>    Python.  The implementation does not follow UUID or GUID
>    standards, ...

Maybe I'm being ridiculous, but intuitively, this makes me uncomfortable.
If one has a "unique ID" generator, isn't it likely that any change to its
configuration is only going to serve to reduce the "uniqueness"?

UUIDs and GUIDs are standardized for a reason.
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