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Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Uuid and header-only support
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-06 12:49:03


> Paul A. Bristow wrote:
> > I have been following this erudite discussion with interest, but
> > ignorance.
> >
> > Without wishing to add even more entropy, may I suggest that adding more
> > options is rarely a bad thing, but it creates an even more bewildering
> > set of options for the user (for UUID, I fear as ignorant as I).
>
> That is why I'd like the default generator to do the right thing and doing
> the wrong thing to be harder and not be presented as an equivalent...

... or more "optimal"...

> alternative.


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