[Python-Dev] UUID module (original) (raw)

Ka-Ping Yee python-dev at zesty.ca
Sat Jun 10 17:22:53 CEST 2006

Hi Thomas,

This does not work, for several reasons.

1. (pythoncom|pywintypes).CreateGuid() return a PyIID instance, which you cannot slice:

You're right. The PEAK code must have been based on an earlier version of the CreateGuid() routine.

I've fixed this, and added detection of the UUID version so that the MAC address will only be picked up if the UUID version is 1.

(BTW: Why does it first try pywintypes, the pythoncom?)

Because PEAK does this, and i see the CreateGuid routine imported from both modules in Google searches for code, i assumed that it used to live in one module and moved to the other.

I've also figured out how to get the MAC address using NetBIOS calls, and added that to the repertoire of methods. I've tested this and it works fast. I think this may be better than UuidCreateSequential, because it should work on both Win98 and XP.

The updated version is posted at http://zesty.ca/python/uuid.py .

-- ?!ng

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