Proposal to Add UUID Generation and Parsing to Go Standard Library
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Summary
The article proposes adding UUID generation and parsing capabilities (versions 3, 4, and 5) to Go's standard library, arguing that UUID support is a standard feature missing from Go while being available in most other programming languages. The author notes that the popular third-party Google UUID package is widely used in Go server and database applications, and its stable interface makes it a good candidate for standardization.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI 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 most popular 3rd-party package (github.com/google/uuid) is a staple import in every server/db based Go program, as confirmed by a quick Github code search.
UUID is a standard; The interface exposed by github.com/google/uuid has been stable for years.
Would like to point out how Go is rather the exception than the norm with regards to including UUID support in its standard library.
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