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authorBénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>2024-11-15 12:26:38 (GMT)
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gh-89083: small docs fixup for UUIDv8 (#126857)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/uuid.rst b/Doc/library/uuid.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/uuid.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/uuid.rst
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
--------------
This module provides immutable :class:`UUID` objects (the :class:`UUID` class)
-and the functions :func:`uuid1`, :func:`uuid3`, :func:`uuid4`, :func:`uuid5` for
-generating version 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8 UUIDs as specified in :rfc:`9562` (which
-supersedes :rfc:`4122`).
+and the functions :func:`uuid1`, :func:`uuid3`, :func:`uuid4`, :func:`uuid5`,
+and :func:`uuid.uuid8` for generating version 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8 UUIDs as
+specified in :rfc:`9562` (which supersedes :rfc:`4122`).
If all you want is a unique ID, you should probably call :func:`uuid1` or
:func:`uuid4`. Note that :func:`uuid1` may compromise privacy since it creates
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ The following options are accepted:
Specify the function name to use to generate the uuid. By default :func:`uuid4`
is used.
+ .. versionadded:: next
+ Allow generating UUID version 8.
+
.. option:: -n <namespace>
--namespace <namespace>