RE: [fltk.coredev] Improve function Fl_X11_System_Driver::newUUID() - [General Use]
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MacArthur, Ian (Leonardo, UK)
Sep 30, 2020, 10:56:36 AM9/30/20
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> I'd like to improve function Fl_X11_System_Driver::newUUID()
> that generates UUIDs having it call function uuid_generate() from libuuid
> when it's found at run-time. The code falls back to the present ad hoc method
> when uuid_generate() isn't available.
>
> That's in attached uuid_generate.patch.txt
>
> The modified code can be tested adding
> fprintf(stderr, "UUID=%s\n", Fl_Preferences::newUUID());
> as first statement in main() of test/preferences.cxx
Haven't tried it (Windows PC day today) but "visual inspection" looks fine, and the idea is sound in principle, so I’d say yes...
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> that generates UUIDs having it call function uuid_generate() from libuuid
> when it's found at run-time. The code falls back to the present ad hoc method
> when uuid_generate() isn't available.
>
> That's in attached uuid_generate.patch.txt
>
> The modified code can be tested adding
> fprintf(stderr, "UUID=%s\n", Fl_Preferences::newUUID());
> as first statement in main() of test/preferences.cxx
Haven't tried it (Windows PC day today) but "visual inspection" looks fine, and the idea is sound in principle, so I’d say yes...
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Albrecht Schlosser
Sep 30, 2020, 5:06:33 PM9/30/20
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On 9/30/20 4:56 PM MacArthur, Ian (Leonardo, UK) wrote:
>> I'd like to improve function Fl_X11_System_Driver::newUUID()
>> that generates UUIDs having it call function uuid_generate() from libuuid
>> when it's found at run-time. The code falls back to the present ad hoc method
>> when uuid_generate() isn't available.
>>
>> That's in attached uuid_generate.patch.txt
>>
>> The modified code can be tested adding
>> fprintf(stderr, "UUID=%s\n", Fl_Preferences::newUUID());
>> as first statement in main() of test/preferences.cxx
>
>
> Haven't tried it (Windows PC day today) but "visual inspection" looks fine, and the idea is sound in principle, so I’d say yes...
+1
>> I'd like to improve function Fl_X11_System_Driver::newUUID()
>> that generates UUIDs having it call function uuid_generate() from libuuid
>> when it's found at run-time. The code falls back to the present ad hoc method
>> when uuid_generate() isn't available.
>>
>> That's in attached uuid_generate.patch.txt
>>
>> The modified code can be tested adding
>> fprintf(stderr, "UUID=%s\n", Fl_Preferences::newUUID());
>> as first statement in main() of test/preferences.cxx
>
>
> Haven't tried it (Windows PC day today) but "visual inspection" looks fine, and the idea is sound in principle, so I’d say yes...
Manolo
Oct 2, 2020, 6:26:41 AM10/2/20
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Thanks for your votes.That's now committed at 4659822
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