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UUID package coming to Go standard library

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

A proposal to add a UUID API to the Go standard library's crypto/uuid package, enabling generation and parsing of UUIDs (versions 3, 4, 5). The discussion cites RFC 4122, popularity of third-party uuid packages, and aims to reduce external dependencies while highlighting security considerations and API surface (New, Parse, Nil, Max).

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