if there is only one function in your class ... why don't you use the _Call special function ?
So you can use it like : uuidgen(...) 2016-11-19 0:16 GMT+01:00 Karl Reinl <karl.re...@fen-net.de>: > Am Donnerstag, den 17.11.2016, 10:49 +1030 schrieb adamn...@gmail.com: >> Every now and then I come across a need for a (locally) unique ID. Shelling >> the ubiquitous gnu "uuidgen (-t/-r)" utility usually handles this >> effectively enough. However, I am thinking that maybe this is a possible >> candidate for the gb.util component. >> In particular, most often times I am looking for the string representation >> of the UID. In which case "SHELL uuidgen TO $somevar" is all that is >> required. On the other hand, and on somewhat rarer occasions, I need the >> binary rep of the generated UID. Now "uuid_parse" can handle that ... and >> some years ago (gb2) I had a bit of code that could call that routine, sadly >> now long lost. >> >> Anyway, if there is any interest in this, as an enhancement to gb.util I'll >> spend some effort trying to find that old code and adding it to the gb.util >> component. I'm thinking about two new functions here >> a) "GenUUID" with optional params to force the -t/-r options which would >> just shell the uuidgen utility and return the string representation and >> b) "GenUUIDBinary" that would return the binary version. >> >> Any thoughts? >> B >> >> > > Salut B, > > I use the attached (now on gambas3 as library) uuidgen since 12 year > now, works pretty simple and never failed since. > I use it in a CRM DB as PK in every table. > > > > -- > Amicalement > Charlie > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > -- Fabien Bodard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
