Re: [boost] [Review] UUID library (mini-)review starts today, November 23rd

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] UUID library (mini-)review starts today, November 23rd
From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-27 07:50:37

> > > Only because I'm not sure how to implement the time-based
> > > construction mechanism a portable way.
> > >
> >
> > I'm not sure what is required but perhaps the newly sandboxed Chrono
> > library can help here?
> 
> I will take a look at Chrono, it may help.  The time-based construction
> ideally requires a MAC address, and I don't know how to get it
> portably.

Why not leaving the burden of retrieving the MAC address to the user, then?

Regards Hartmut