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authorakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2009-04-26 15:47:24 +0000
committerakr <akr@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>2009-04-26 15:47:24 +0000
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diff --git a/lib/securerandom.rb b/lib/securerandom.rb
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--- a/lib/securerandom.rb
+++ b/lib/securerandom.rb
@@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ module SecureRandom
# p SecureRandom.uuid #=> "2d931510-d99f-494a-8c67-87feb05e1594"
# p SecureRandom.uuid #=> "62936e70-1815-439b-bf89-8492855a7e6b"
#
- # See RFC 4122 for UUID.
+ # The version 4 UUID is purely random (except the version).
+ # It doesn't contain meaningful information such as MAC address, time, etc.
+ #
+ # See RFC 4122 for details of UUID.
+ #
def self.uuid
ary = self.random_bytes(16).unpack("NnnnnN")
ary[2] = (ary[2] & 0x0fff) | 0x4000