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@ -52,25 +52,26 @@ assert(guid.wstring() == str);
```
* Creating a UUID from an array
```
std::array<uint8_t, 16> arr{{
0x47, 0x18, 0x38, 0x23,
0x25, 0x74,
0x4b, 0xfd,
0xb4, 0x11,
0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43}};
uuid guid(arr);
std::array<std::byte, 16> arr{{
std::byte{ 0x47 }, std::byte{ 0x18 }, std::byte{ 0x38 }, std::byte{ 0x23 },
std::byte{ 0x25 }, std::byte{ 0x74 },
std::byte{ 0x4b }, std::byte{ 0xfd },
std::byte{ 0xb4 }, std::byte{ 0x11 },
std::byte{ 0x99 }, std::byte{ 0xed }, std::byte{ 0x17 }, std::byte{ 0x7d }, std::byte{ 0x3e }, std::byte{ 0x43 }
}};
uuid guid(std::begin(arr), std::end(arr));
assert(id.string() == "47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43");
```
or
```
uint8_t arr[16] = {
0x47, 0x18, 0x38, 0x23,
0x25, 0x74,
0x4b, 0xfd,
0xb4, 0x11,
0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43};
uuid guid(arr);
assert(id.string() == "47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43");
std::byte arr[16] = {
std::byte{ 0x47 }, std::byte{ 0x18 }, std::byte{ 0x38 }, std::byte{ 0x23 },
std::byte{ 0x25 }, std::byte{ 0x74 },
std::byte{ 0x4b }, std::byte{ 0xfd },
std::byte{ 0xb4 }, std::byte{ 0x11 },
std::byte{ 0x99 }, std::byte{ 0xed }, std::byte{ 0x17 }, std::byte{ 0x7d }, std::byte{ 0x3e }, std::byte{ 0x43 } };
uuid guid(std::begin(arr), std::end(arr));
assert(guid.string() == "47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43");
```
* Comparing UUIDS
```
@ -107,12 +108,13 @@ assert(empty.wstring() == L"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000");
```
* Iterating through the UUID data
```
std::array<uint8_t, 16> arr{{
0x47, 0x18, 0x38, 0x23,
0x25, 0x74,
0x4b, 0xfd,
0xb4, 0x11,
0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43}};
std::array<std::byte, 16> arr{{
std::byte{ 0x47 }, std::byte{ 0x18 }, std::byte{ 0x38 }, std::byte{ 0x23 },
std::byte{ 0x25 }, std::byte{ 0x74 },
std::byte{ 0x4b }, std::byte{ 0xfd },
std::byte{ 0xb4 }, std::byte{ 0x11 },
std::byte{ 0x99 }, std::byte{ 0xed }, std::byte{ 0x17 }, std::byte{ 0x7d }, std::byte{ 0x3e }, std::byte{ 0x43 }
}};
uuid guid;
assert(guid.nil());

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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Universally unique identifiers (*uuid*), also known as Globally Unique Identifie
UUIDs are 128-bit numbers that are for most practical purposes unique, without depending on a central registration authority for ensuring their uniqueness. Although the probability of UUID duplication exists, it is negligible. According to Wikipedia, "*for there to be a one in a billion chance of duplication, 103 trillion version 4 UUIDs must be generated.*" UUID is an Internet Engineering Task Force standard described by RFC 4122.
The library proposed on this paper is a lite one: it enables developers to generate UUIDs based on the operation system facilities, serialize and deserialize UUIDs to and frmo strings, validate UUIDs and other common ensuing operations.
The library proposed on this paper is a light one: it enables developers to generate UUIDs based on the operation system facilities, serialize and deserialize UUIDs to and from strings, validate UUIDs and other common ensuing operations.
## II. Impact On the Standard
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ This proposal is a pure library extension. It does not require changes to any st
## III. Design Decisions
The proposed library, that should be available in a new header called `<uuid>` in the namespace `std::uuids`, provides:
The proposed library, that should be available in a new header called `<uuid>` in the namespace `std`, provides:
* a class called `uuid` that represents a universally unique identifier
* strongly type enums `uuid_variant` and `uuid_version` to represent the possible variant and version types of a UUID
* a `make_uuid` function to generate a new UUID
@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ uuid empty;
auto empty = uuid{};
```
### String constructors
### string_view constructors
Conversion constructors from `std::string` and `std::wstring` allow to create `uuid` instances from a string.
Conversion constructors from `std::string_view` and `std::wstring_view` allow to create `uuid` instances from various strings.
The input argument must have the form `xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx` where `x` is a hexadecimal digit. Should the argument be of a different format a nil UUID would be created.
@ -44,28 +44,27 @@ std::wstring str=L"47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43";
uuid id2(str);
```
### Array constructors
### Iterators constructors
The conversion constructor from `std::array<uint8_t, 16>` enables the construction of a `uuid` from an array of bytes.
The conversion constructor that takes two forward iterators constructs an `uuid` with the content of the range \[first, last). It requires the range to have exactly 16 elements, otherwise the result is a nil `uuid`. This constructor follows the conventions of other containers in the standard library.
```
std::array<uint8_t, 16> arr{{
0x47, 0x18, 0x38, 0x23,
0x25, 0x74,
0x4b, 0xfd,
0xb4, 0x11,
0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43}};
std::array<std::byte, 16> arr{{
std::byte{ 0x47 }, std::byte{ 0x18 }, std::byte{ 0x38 }, std::byte{ 0x23 },
std::byte{ 0x25 }, std::byte{ 0x74 },
std::byte{ 0x4b }, std::byte{ 0xfd },
std::byte{ 0xb4 }, std::byte{ 0x11 },
std::byte{ 0x99 }, std::byte{ 0xed }, std::byte{ 0x17 }, std::byte{ 0x7d }, std::byte{ 0x3e }, std::byte{ 0x43 } }};
uuid id(arr);
```
A conversion constructor from `uint8_t*` also exists to construct `uuid`s from C-like arrays. This requires the input buffer to have at least 16 bytes. The behavior when the buffer does not have 16 bytes is undefined.
```
uint8_t arr[16] = {
0x47, 0x18, 0x38, 0x23,
0x25, 0x74,
0x4b, 0xfd,
0xb4, 0x11,
0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43};
std::byte arr[16] = {
std::byte{ 0x47 }, std::byte{ 0x18 }, std::byte{ 0x38 }, std::byte{ 0x23 },
std::byte{ 0x25 }, std::byte{ 0x74 },
std::byte{ 0x4b }, std::byte{ 0xfd },
std::byte{ 0xb4 }, std::byte{ 0x11 },
std::byte{ 0x99 }, std::byte{ 0xed }, std::byte{ 0x17 }, std::byte{ 0x7d }, std::byte{ 0x3e }, std::byte{ 0x43 }};
uuid id(arr);
```
@ -96,12 +95,12 @@ assert(id.wstring() == L"47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43");
Constant and mutable iterators allow direct access to the underlaying `uuid` data. This enables both direct reading and writing of the `uuid` bits.
```
std::array<uint8_t, 16> arr{{
0x47, 0x18, 0x38, 0x23,
0x25, 0x74,
0x4b, 0xfd,
0xb4, 0x11,
0x99, 0xed, 0x17, 0x7d, 0x3e, 0x43}};
std::array<std::byte, 16> arr{{
std::byte{ 0x47 }, std::byte{ 0x18 }, std::byte{ 0x38 }, std::byte{ 0x23 },
std::byte{ 0x25 }, std::byte{ 0x74 },
std::byte{ 0x4b }, std::byte{ 0xfd },
std::byte{ 0xb4 }, std::byte{ 0x11 },
std::byte{ 0x99 }, std::byte{ 0xed }, std::byte{ 0x17 }, std::byte{ 0x7d }, std::byte{ 0x3e }, std::byte{ 0x43 } }};
uuid id;
assert(id.nil());
@ -121,8 +120,8 @@ Member functions `variant()` and `version()` allows to check the variant type of
```
uuid id("47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43");
assert(id.version() == uuids::uuid_version::random_number_based);
assert(id.variant() == uuids::uuid_variant::rfc);
assert(id.version() == uuid_version::random_number_based);
assert(id.variant() == uuid_variant::rfc);
```
### Swapping
@ -165,10 +164,10 @@ assert(empty != id);
Although it does not make sense to check whether a uuid is less or less or equal then another uuid, the overloading of this operator for `uuid` is necessary in order to be able to store `uuid` values in some containers such as `std::set` that by default use the operator to compare keys.
```
std::set<uuids::uuid> ids{
std::set<std::uuid> ids{
uuid{},
uuids::uuid("47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43"),
uuids::make_uuid()
uuid("47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43"),
make_uuid()
};
assert(ids.size() == 3);
@ -180,10 +179,10 @@ assert(ids.find(uuid{}) != ids.end());
A `std::hash<>` specialization for `uuid` is provided in order to enable the use of `uuid`s in associative unordered containers such as `std::unordered_set`.
```
std::unordered_set<uuids::uuid> ids{
std::unordered_set<uuid> ids{
uuid{},
uuids::uuid("47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43"),
uuids::make_uuid()
uuid("47183823-2574-4bfd-b411-99ed177d3e43"),
make_uuid()
};
assert(ids.size() == 3);
@ -197,8 +196,8 @@ Non-member `make_uuid` function creates a new uuid by relying on the operating s
```
auto id = make_uuid();
assert(!id.nil());
assert(id.version() == uuids::uuid_version::random_number_based);
assert(id.variant() == uuids::uuid_variant::rfc);
assert(id.version() == uuid_version::random_number_based);
assert(id.variant() == uuid_variant::rfc);
```
## IV. Technical Specifications
@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ Add a new header called `<uuid>`.
### `uuid_variant` enum
```
namespace std::uuid {
namespace std {
enum class uuid_variant
{
ncs,
@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ namespace std::uuid {
### `uuid_version` enum
```
namespace std::uuid {
namespace std {
enum class uuid_version
{
none = 0,
@ -239,59 +238,60 @@ namespace std::uuid {
### `uuid` class
```
namespace std::uuid {
namespace std {
struct uuid
{
public:
typedef uint8_t value_type;
typedef uint8_t& reference;
typedef uint8_t const& const_reference;
typedef uint8_t* iterator;
typedef uint8_t const* const_iterator;
typedef std::size_t size_type;
typedef std::ptrdiff_t difference_type;
{
public:
typedef std::byte value_type;
typedef std::byte& reference;
typedef std::byte const& const_reference;
typedef std::byte* iterator;
typedef std::byte const* const_iterator;
typedef std::size_t size_type;
typedef std::ptrdiff_t difference_type;
public:
constexpr explicit uuid();
constexpr explicit uuid(std::array<uint8_t, 16> const & bytes);
explicit uuid(uint8_t const * const bytes);
explicit uuid(std::string const & str);
explicit uuid(std::wstring const & str);
public:
constexpr uuid() noexcept;
constexpr uuid_variant variant() const noexcept;
constexpr uuid_version version() const noexcept;
constexpr std::size_t size() const noexcept;
constexpr bool nil() const noexcept;
template<typename ForwardIterator>
explicit uuid(ForwardIterator first, ForwardIterator last);
void swap(uuid & other) noexcept;
friend void swap(uuid& lhs, uuid& rhs) noexcept;
iterator begin() noexcept;
const_iterator begin() const noexcept;
iterator end() noexcept;
const_iterator end() const noexcept;
explicit uuid(std::string_view str);
explicit uuid(std::wstring_view str);
template<class CharT,
class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>,
class Alloc = std::allocator<CharT>>
std::basic_string<CharT, Traits, Alloc> string(Alloc const & a = Alloc()) const;
std::string string() const;
std::wstring wstring() const;
constexpr uuid_variant variant() const noexcept;
constexpr uuid_version version() const noexcept;
constexpr std::size_t size() const noexcept;
constexpr bool nil() const noexcept;
private:
friend bool operator==(uuid const & lhs, uuid const & rhs) noexcept;
friend bool operator<(uuid const & lhs, uuid const & rhs) noexcept;
template <class Elem, class Traits>
friend std::basic_ostream<Elem, Traits> & operator<<(std::basic_ostream<Elem, Traits> &s, uuid const & id);
};
}
void swap(uuid & other) noexcept;
friend void swap(uuid& lhs, uuid& rhs) noexcept;
iterator begin() noexcept;
const_iterator begin() const noexcept;
iterator end() noexcept;
const_iterator end() const noexcept;
template<class CharT,
class Traits = std::char_traits<CharT>,
class Alloc = std::allocator<CharT>>
std::basic_string<CharT, Traits, Alloc> string(Alloc const & a = Alloc()) const;
std::string string() const;
std::wstring wstring() const;
private:
friend bool operator==(uuid const & lhs, uuid const & rhs) noexcept;
friend bool operator<(uuid const & lhs, uuid const & rhs) noexcept;
template <class Elem, class Traits>
friend std::basic_ostream<Elem, Traits> & operator<<(std::basic_ostream<Elem, Traits> &s, uuid const & id);
};
```
### non-member functions
```
namespace std::uuid {
namespace std {
inline bool operator== (uuid const& lhs, uuid const& rhs) noexcept;
inline bool operator!= (uuid const& lhs, uuid const& rhs) noexcept;
inline bool operator< (uuid const& lhs, uuid const& rhs) noexcept;
@ -306,15 +306,14 @@ namespace std::uuid {
### Specialization
```
namespace std
{
namespace std {
template <>
void swap(uuids::uuid & lhs, uuids::uuid & rhs);
void swap(uuid & lhs, uuid & rhs);
template <>
struct hash<uuids::uuid>
struct hash<uuid>
{
typedef uuids::uuid argument_type;
typedef uuid argument_type;
typedef std::size_t result_type;
result_type operator()(argument_type const &uuid) const;