soypatMar 7

UUID package coming to Go standard library

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/62026

proposal: uuid: add API to generate and parse UUID · Issue #62026 · golang/go

I would like to suggest the addition to the standard library of a package to generate and parse UUID identifiers, specifically versions 3, 4 and 5. The main reason I see to include it is that the m...

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Show threadtherealdrag0Mar 7
Golang lack of support for basic stuff like this is quite annoying.
Show threadserfMar 7
the idea of what 'batteries included' means has changed a lot in the past twenty years, and like most Go quirks , probably Google just didn't need <missing-things>.
Show threadtptacek
Huh? The universal idiomatic answer to "how to use UUIDs in Go programs" for the past decade has been to pull in a Google dep.
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