Re: [Boost-users] portable uuid generator

From: Andy Tompkins (atompkins_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-03 09:26:26

Tim Blechmann <TimBlechmann <at> gmx.net> writes:

> 
> hi all,
> 
> working on a crossplatform program at the moment, i'm in need of a
> portable uuid generator ...
> currently, i'm using libuuid on linux and i read through the msdn about
> generating gid, but if there's a uuid class (maybe in boost?) that
> already does it, it would handy ...
> 
> thanks ... tim
> 
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I am currently working on a guid class.  It is not quite done yet, but is quite 
functional.  It does have a portable function to create guids.  I have put it 
in the boost vault (guid.zip) in the hopes that it may one day be a boost 
library.

I would love to here some comments about it.

Andy.