[sldev] UUID variant/version bits?

[Kent Quirk (Q Linden)]

Jason Giglio wrote:
> Why is it that the UUID variant/version bits do not seem to be set 
> correctly on LL UUIDs?
>
> Is this a bug or did you violate the RFC on purpose?
>
If by "on purpose" you mean "by writing it before the RFC existed", then 
yes.

Our implementation of the UUID stuff was written sometime in 2001 or 
2002. Changing it might mean generating collisions for things like asset 
IDs, and that would be Bhad Nhews. Since UUIDs aren't intended for 
interoperability with other systems (RFC 4122: "UUIDs are not globally 
resolvable") this isn't an issue.

The code is in llmath/lluuid.* if you're interested.

    Q