Possible to seed UUID v4 random number generator? #100

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opened 2017-08-05 11:09:18 -05:00 by adaszko · 2 comments

adaszko commented

2017-08-05 11:09:18 -05:00

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As in the title. That would be very useful for e.g. tests where determinisms highly desired.

alexcrichton commented

2017-08-06 22:40:18 -05:00

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The Uuid::new_v4 constructor can't be seeded, but you can use impl Rand for Uuid to specify a custom and seeded random number generator which should work for this!

The `Uuid::new_v4` constructor can't be seeded, but you can use [`impl Rand for Uuid`](https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/uuid/blob/master/src/lib.rs#L924-L934) to specify a custom and seeded random number generator which should work for this!

adaszko commented

2017-08-07 01:31:00 -05:00

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