UUID package coming to Go standard library

Source: Hacker News

Proposal

I would like to suggest the addition to the standard library of a package to generate and parse UUID identifiers, specifically versions 3, 4 and 5.

Reasons

• The most popular third‑party package (github.com/google/uuid) is a staple import in every server/db based Go program, as confirmed by a quick GitHub code search.
• UUID is a standard.
• The interface exposed by github.com/google/uuid has been stable for years.

Addendum

Go is rather the exception than the norm with regards to including UUID support in its standard library.

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