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Re: How to create a GUID?
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Re: How to create a GUID?

  • Subject: Re: How to create a GUID?
  • From: Phil <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:02:22 +1200
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Chris Suter <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Leopard (and possibly earlier–I haven't checked), it appears that the
> string returned is actually a UUID created with the CFUUID functions
> concatenated with the process ID and the result of mach_absolute_time() so
> the result isn't a proper UUID. I'm not sure where the host name is coming
> from; it's possible that the CFUUID functions incorporate it somehow.
>

The documentation doesn't specify any particular format for the string
returned, only the information used to seed it---I wouldn't recommend
depending on this method always returning a UUID incase this changes
(even though it probably won't).

Phil
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 >How to create a GUID? (From: Meik Schuetz <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to create a GUID? (From: "Adam R. Maxwell" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to create a GUID? (From: "I. Savant" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: How to create a GUID? (From: "Chris Suter" <email@hidden>)

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