Boost.Uuid

A universally unique identifier.

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About Boost.Uuid

Please check out the library's documentation to learn more.

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Dependencies

Assert Config Container Hash Core IO Move Numeric Conversion Predef Random Serialization Static Assert ThrowException TTI Type Traits WinAPI

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

Build Status

Branch	Travis	Appveyor	Coverity Scan	codecov.io	Deps	Docs	Tests
`master`
`develop`

Directories

Name	Purpose
`doc`	documentation
`include`	headers
`test`	unit tests

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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.
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Code Example - UUID Generation

// Copyright 2017 James E. King III
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
// (See http://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;
}

----

$ clang++ -ansi -Wall -Wextra -std=c++03 -O3 mkuuid.cpp -o mkuuid
$ ./mkuuid
2c186eb0-89cf-4a3c-9b97-86db1670d5f4
$ ./mkuuid
a9d3fbb9-0383-4389-a8a8-61f6629f90b6