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diff --git a/Doc/library/uuid.rst b/Doc/library/uuid.rst index 92d58024e84..6698e6d3f43 100644 --- a/Doc/library/uuid.rst +++ b/Doc/library/uuid.rst @@ -193,43 +193,52 @@ The :mod:`uuid` module defines the following functions: .. function:: uuid1(node=None, clock_seq=None) - Generate a UUID from a host ID, sequence number, and the current time. If *node* - is not given, :func:`getnode` is used to obtain the hardware address. If - *clock_seq* is given, it is used as the sequence number; otherwise a random - 14-bit sequence number is chosen. + Generate a UUID from a host ID, sequence number, and the current time + according to :rfc:`RFC 9562, §5.1 <9562#section-5.1>`. + + When *node* is not specified, :func:`getnode` is used to obtain the hardware + address as a 48-bit positive integer. When a sequence number *clock_seq* is + not specified, a pseudo-random 14-bit positive integer is generated. + + If *node* or *clock_seq* exceed their expected bit count, + only their least significant bits are kept. .. function:: uuid3(namespace, name) Generate a UUID based on the MD5 hash of a namespace identifier (which is a UUID) and a name (which is a :class:`bytes` object or a string - that will be encoded using UTF-8). + that will be encoded using UTF-8) + according to :rfc:`RFC 9562, §5.3 <9562#section-5.3>`. .. function:: uuid4() - Generate a random UUID. + Generate a random UUID in a cryptographically-secure method + according to :rfc:`RFC 9562, §5.4 <9562#section-5.4>`. .. function:: uuid5(namespace, name) Generate a UUID based on the SHA-1 hash of a namespace identifier (which is a UUID) and a name (which is a :class:`bytes` object or a string - that will be encoded using UTF-8). + that will be encoded using UTF-8) + according to :rfc:`RFC 9562, §5.5 <9562#section-5.5>`. .. function:: uuid6(node=None, clock_seq=None) Generate a UUID from a sequence number and the current time according to - :rfc:`9562`. + :rfc:`RFC 9562, §5.6 <9562#section-5.6>`. + This is an alternative to :func:`uuid1` to improve database locality. When *node* is not specified, :func:`getnode` is used to obtain the hardware address as a 48-bit positive integer. When a sequence number *clock_seq* is not specified, a pseudo-random 14-bit positive integer is generated. - If *node* or *clock_seq* exceed their expected bit count, only their least - significant bits are kept. + If *node* or *clock_seq* exceed their expected bit count, + only their least significant bits are kept. .. versionadded:: 3.14 |