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Pure Go UUID implementation
===========================

This package provides immutable UUID structs and the functions
NewV3, NewV4, NewV5 and Parse() for generating versions 3, 4
and 5 UUIDs as specified in RFC 4122.

Installation
------------
Use the `goinstall` tool:

	$ goinstall github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid

... or install it manually:

	$ git clone git://github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid.git
	$ cd gouuid
	$ make install

Usage
-----

	package main

	import uuid "github.com/nu7hatch/gouuid"

	func main() {
	    // generating v4
	    u4, _ := uuid.NewV4()
	
	    // generating v5 (or v3...)
	    u5, _ := uuid.NewV5(uuid.NamespaceURL, "nu7hat.ch")
 	
	    // parsing
	    u, _ := uuid.ParseHex("6ba7b810-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8")
	}

Copyright
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Copyright (C) 2011 by Krzysztof Kowalik <[email protected]>

See COPYING file for details.