Description

OSF DCE 1.1 UUID

Author

Kon Lovett

Version

Requires

Usage

(require-extension uuid-lib)

Download

uuid-lib.egg

Documentation

Wrapper for uuid/uuid.h procedures on MacOS X, and Linux.

This is a module. You must (import uuid-lib) to access these procedures.

Predicates

procedure: (uuid? UUID)

Is UUID a uuid?

procedure: (uuid-null? UUID)

Is UUID the "null" uuid?

procedure: (uuid=? UUID1 UUID2)

Are UUID1 and UUID2 equal?

procedure: (uuid<>? UUID1 UUID2)

Are UUID1 and UUID2 not equal?

procedure: (uuid<? UUID1 UUID2)

Does UUID1 order below UUID2?

procedure: (uuid>? UUID1 UUID2)

Does UUID1 order above UUID2?

procedure: (uuid<=? UUID1 UUID2)

Does UUID1 order below or the same as UUID2?

procedure: (uuid>=? UUID1 UUID2)

Does UUID1 order above or the same as UUID2?

Operations

procedure: (uuid-clear! UUID)

Returns the UUID set to the null uuid.

procedure: (uuid-copy UUID)

Returns a copy of the UUID.

procedure: (uuid-generate [#:method #f])

Returns a new uuid.

Method is #f, 'random, or 'time.

procedure: (uuid-parse UUID-TEXT)

Returns a new uuid from the UUID external string representation UUID-TEXT.

procedure: (uuid-unparse UUID [#:case #f])

Returns the external string representation of UUID.

Case is #f, 'upper, or 'lower.

Errors

Argument errors are signalled using error.

When a non-uuid is given as an argument the result is #f.

License

Copyright (c) 2006, Kon Lovett.  All rights reserved.

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copy of this software and associated documentation files (the Software),
to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
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Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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