Re: [PATCH] Implement uuid_version()

Hello Peter,

>> Yeah, I think implementing a v4 generator in core would be trivial and
>> address almost everyone's requirements.
>
> Here is a proposed patch for this.  I did a fair bit of looking around
> in other systems for a naming pattern but didn't find anything
> consistent.  So I ended up just taking the function name and code from
> pgcrypto.
>
> As you can see, the code is trivial and has no external dependencies.  I
> think this would significantly upgrade the usability of the uuid type.

Patch applies cleanly.

However it does not compile, it fails on: "Duplicate OIDs detected: 3429".

Someone inserted a new entry since it was produced.

I'm wondering whether pg_random_uuid() should be taken out of pgcrypto if 
it is available in core?

-- 
Fabien.