| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon(at)adv-solutions(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Implement uuid_version() |
| Date: | 2019-04-09 06:04:07 |
| Message-ID: | f11fc6d7-2200-aaba-952d-fc6a7de0dce0@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 2019-04-08 23:06, Andres Freund wrote:
> The randomness based UUID generators don't really have dependencies, now
> that we have a dependency on strong randomness. I kinda thing the
> dependency argument actually works *against* uuid-ossp - precisely
> because of its dependencies (which also vary by OS) it's not a proper
> replacement for a type of facility a very sizable fraction of our users
> need.
Yeah, I think implementing a v4 generator in core would be trivial and
address almost everyone's requirements.
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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