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Author	merelymoray
Recipients	docs@python, merelymoray
Date	2018-05-16.17:32:45
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Message-id	<1526491965.86.0.682650639539.issue33545@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/uuid.html#uuid.UUID uuid.uuid1(node=None, clock_seq=None) Generate a UUID from a host ID, sequence number, and the current time. If node is not given, getnode() is used to obtain the hardware address. If clock_seq is given, it is used as the sequence number; otherwise a random 14-bit sequence number is chosen. ^^ This neglects to mention that if you call uuid1() in quick succession with no parameters, you can get a repeat uuid. I had a bug because of this. It would have been nice if the docs mentioned the fact directly. It's only a sentence to add, and would have saved a lot of time.

https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/uuid.html#uuid.UUID

uuid.uuid1(node=None, clock_seq=None)

Generate a UUID from a host ID, sequence number, and the current time. If node is not given, getnode() is used to obtain the hardware address. If clock_seq is given, it is used as the sequence number; otherwise a random 14-bit sequence number is chosen.


^^

This neglects to mention that if you call uuid1() in quick succession with no parameters, you can get a repeat uuid.

I had a bug because of this.

It would have been nice if the docs mentioned the fact directly. 

It's only a sentence to add, and would have saved a lot of time.

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