-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Manuel Fiorelli Sent: 29 November 2008 20:38 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] UUID library (mini-)review starts today, November 23rd
Having seen all these issues, I consider that the platform specific generator could be deferred until one discovers how to construct them correctly.
Isn't there some one, who knows how to get the MAC address?
There is plenty of info, it sounds as though getting a MAC address may be iffy, and not portable. So would it not still be useful to provide an implementation that only goes as far as expecting a MAC address as a parameter? Leaving the user to provide the MAC address. That doesn't preclude later adding an overloaded function which does it 'automatically' - if that is ever possible/desirable. Paul --- Paul A. Bristow Prizet Farmhouse Kendal, UK LA8 8AB +44 1539 561830, mobile +44 7714330204 pbristow@hetp.u-net.com