Boost.Uuid
This is an older version and was released in 2021. The current version is 1.86.0.
C++
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Added in Boost
1.42.0
This Release
Andy Tompkins
Author
James E. King III
Maintainer
Uuid, part of collection of the Boost C++ Libraries, provides a C++ wrapper around RFC-4122 UUIDs.
License
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
Properties
- C++03
- Header-only
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More information
- Ask questions
- Report bugs: Be sure to mention Boost version, platform and compiler you're using. A small compilable code sample to reproduce the problem is always good as well.
- Submit your patches as pull requests against develop branch. Note that by submitting patches you agree to license your modifications under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
- Discussions about the library are held on the Boost developers mailing list. Be sure to read the discussion policy before posting and add the
[uuid]tag at the beginning of the subject line.
Code Example - UUID Generation
// Copyright 2017 James E. King III
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See https://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
// mkuuid.cpp example
#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
#include <boost/uuid/random_generator.hpp>
#include <boost/uuid/uuid_io.hpp>
#include <iostream>
int main(void)
{
boost::uuids::random_generator gen;
std::cout << boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(gen()) << std::endl;
return 0;
}
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$ clang++ -ansi -Wall -Wextra -std=c++03 -O3 mkuuid.cpp -o mkuuid
$ ./mkuuid
2c186eb0-89cf-4a3c-9b97-86db1670d5f4
$ ./mkuuid
a9d3fbb9-0383-4389-a8a8-61f6629f90b6
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