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While Data::UUID is a good solution, it doesn't guarantee that "you won't get duplicates, ever" (heck - there are only 128bits after all :-) ... A UUID is 128 bits long, and is guaranteed to be different from all other UUIDs/GUIDs generated until 3400 CE.

I didn't say "it will never produce duplicates" -- just that "YOU won't get duplicates" (unless you live for over a thousand years).

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Re^4: MD5-based Unique Session ID Generator
by adrianh (Chancellor) on Aug 21, 2004 at 20:54 UTC
    I didn't say "it will never produce duplicates" -- just that "YOU won't get duplicates" (unless you live for over a thousand years)

    You mean you're not planning to?

    I fully intend to be scanned and on CPAN as JAPH::ADIE when the singularity hits (probably initiated by the release of Perl 6 into the wild :-)

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