void
GenerateSessionID(session_id)
        SV  *session_id
    PREINIT:
        char *array = "";
        STRLEN len;
      
        session_id = NULL;
    PPCODE:
          len = 17;
          session_id = newSVpvn(array,17); //allocating memory 16 + 1 for null
          if(!SvPOK(session_id)){
             XSRETURN_UNDEF;
          }
        sv_setpvn(session_id, "\0",len); //Intializing it to NULL? Don't know if this wrks
       
          array  = SvPV(session_id,len); /*convert the scalar into a char*/
                            
        if(XSessionID((uuid_t*)array)){ //uuid is unsigned char[16]
   
           EXTEND(SP,17);
         
          PUSHs(sv_2mortal(newSVpv((char*)array,(int)len)));
           
        }