create pywintypes.CreateGuid() compatible guids on Linux ?

On Nov 27, 2007 1:09 PM, GHUM <haraldarminmassa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,>> I created lots of guids via  pywintypes.CreateGuid()  on windows.>> Now I would like to run the same software on Linux / Solaris /> FreeBSD.>> So I should produce "compatible" GUIDS on that systems. "compatible"> having the meaining: "Providing similiar likelehood of collisions".>> of course "google python guid" leads directly to> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/163604,> but ... will it blend?>> any ideas what could help me to research?>


The uuid module, in Python 2.5 and up,  provides RFC compliant UUID
generation. See the module docs and the RFC for details.