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diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
index c52ffbb..74d4a7a 100644
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ def _netbios_getnode():
_uuid_generate_random = _uuid_generate_time = _UuidCreate = None
try:
import ctypes, ctypes.util
- _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
# The uuid_generate_* routines are provided by libuuid on at least
# Linux and FreeBSD, and provided by libc on Mac OS X.
@@ -447,11 +446,13 @@ except:
def _unixdll_getnode():
"""Get the hardware address on Unix using ctypes."""
+ _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
_uuid_generate_time(_buffer)
return UUID(bytes=bytes_(_buffer.raw)).node
def _windll_getnode():
"""Get the hardware address on Windows using ctypes."""
+ _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
if _UuidCreate(_buffer) == 0:
return UUID(bytes=bytes_(_buffer.raw)).node
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ def uuid1(node=None, clock_seq=None):
# When the system provides a version-1 UUID generator, use it (but don't
# use UuidCreate here because its UUIDs don't conform to RFC 4122).
+ _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
if _uuid_generate_time and node is clock_seq is None:
_uuid_generate_time(_buffer)
return UUID(bytes=bytes_(_buffer.raw))
@@ -535,6 +537,7 @@ def uuid4():
"""Generate a random UUID."""
# When the system provides a version-4 UUID generator, use it.
+ _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
if _uuid_generate_random:
_uuid_generate_random(_buffer)
return UUID(bytes=bytes_(_buffer.raw))