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8 versions of UUID and when to use them (www.ntietz.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They should make the versions UUIDs instead of integers so that we don't make assumptions about their ordinal relationships.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Or maybe an abbreviated hash of the text of their specifications?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yea, should have been V-00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000008 instead

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yes and no. They had to put the version identifier somewhere to avoid sorting problems or parsing problems, so I think that putting somewhat in the middle is a good tradeoff.