[docs] Omission in the documentation of uuid.uuid1()

[Sandro Tosi]

Hello Gene,
thanks for your email.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 20:01, Gene Saunders <gene.saunders at idilia.com> wrote:
> I found an omission in the uuid documentation:
> http://docs.python.org/library/uuid.htm
>
> The description of uuid.uuid1() does not describe the conditions under which
> the linux uuid functions will be used. The description should have an
> additional section something like the following:
>
>
> uuid.uuid1([node[, clock_seq]])
> Generate a UUID from a host ID, sequence number, and the current time.
>
> NEW
> If both node and clock_seq are not given, and the system call
> "uuid_generate_time" is available, then the UUID is generated using this
> system call. In this case the resulting clock_seq field will the stable system
> wide value as described in RFC 4122. Otherwise
>
> if node is not given, getnode() is used to obtain the hardware address. If
> clock_seq is given, it is used as the sequence number; otherwise a random 14-
> bit sequence number is chosen.

I can see your point in adding it but I don't file qualified to
decide, and I'd like to have a wider audience to evaluate it. Could
you please file a bug report on http://bugs.python.org/ about it?

Regards,
-- 
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