On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:03 AM, Paul Sandoz <paul.san...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 7, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Mike Duigou <mike.dui...@oracle.com> wrote: > >> I also note that UUID does not currently support version 5, SHA-1, which it >> should. >> >> I am hoping to do other performance work on UUID within the scope of Java 9. >> Adding additional Comparators would fit right in with that. >> > > OK, although it might be nice to bash this on the head sooner? as it might be > possible to get into an 8u release depending on what we conclude about > backwards compatibility. If random-end-user opinions count for anything, I would strongly +1 for an 8u update with this. We are still porting around routines to bypass UUID’s from/toString because they are embarrassingly inefficient, and it would be nice to ditch that code before 9 ships :)
