Re: [boost] [uuid] uuid::create() function

From: Dave Jenkins (david_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-04 21:43:46

>> Andy wrote:
>>
>>> 4.  Use the current seed as the random numbers directly.  Will this
>>> solution provide 'good' uuids?  That is, is this source of random
>>> numbers good enough?
>>
> Thanks!  This is the assurance I needed.
>
> Andy.

Would this solution be much slower than using a static mt19937 engine? 
Sorry to keep harping on speed, but I see a significant use case for the 
UUID library in distributed systems generating lots of unique identifiers 
independently.  If it is significantly slower without generating "better" 
random numbers than mt19937, then I would suggest a big note in the 
documentation recommending the uuid::create(engine) function for 
single-threaded applications.

Dave Jenkins