GUID Generation

Chaps, I've been looking at the following recipe for generating a GUID http://code.activestate.com/recipes/163604/ however I note that its about 6 years old. Has python since adopted an internal module for GUID generation? Or is this 3rd part module still the best option? Cheers

Re: GUID Generation

Robert Rawlins wrote: I’ve been looking at the following recipe for generating a GUID http://code.activestate.com/recipes/163604/ however I note that its about 6 years old. Has python since adopted an internal module for GUID generation? Or is this 3^rd part module still the best option

RE: GUID Generation

Not only is the answer, Yes: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-uuid.html but it's just featured as Doug Hellmann's module of the Week: http://blog.doughellmann.com/2008/07/pymotw-uuid.html TJG Thanks Tim, Perfect! Robert -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list