unique number generator

[Harry George]

Daniel 'Dang' Griffith <noemail at noemail4u.com> writes:

> On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:36:40 +0800, "Joe Wong" <joewong at mango.cc>
> wrote:
> 
> > I need to implement a unique number generator that 1 or more processes on same or different machines will make use of it. Is there any library / project available already for this?
> 
> Yes.  Google for GUID (globally unique identifier) algorithm or UUID
> (universally unique algorithm):
> "http://www.google.com/search?q=GUID+algorithm",
> "http://www.google.com/search?q=UUID+algorithm".
> 
> If you need to use one, instead of implement one, and
> you're running on Windows machines with Mark Hammond's
> win32 extensions, you can do it easily:
> 
> import pywintypes
> guid = pywintypes.CreateGuid()
> have_a_nice_day(guid)
> 
>     --dang

Pyro.util.getGUID() is a cross-platform solution.  Or, you can write a
wrapper which uses MS's guid on Win** platforms, and Pyro's on *NIX
platforms.

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