Subject: Re: question about generate-id()
From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:07:47 +0100
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> Is there a good reason why a conforming implementation of generate-id()
> couldn't return a UUID or similar? Presumably the processor could
> generate an id however it does it now, generate a UUID with that id as a
> key, and return the UUID wherever it would normally return the id. It
> doesn't sound to me like it would be hard to code or expensive to run.
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> Would that be one way to keep everyone happy?
...but it could still conflict with an existing user created id
(however unlikely, but that is the theme of the thread)
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