libboost-uuid

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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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;
}

----

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