Re: UUID v7

> On 27 Nov 2024, at 04:11, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 1:55 PM Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 at 21:48, Sergey Prokhorenko
>> <sergeyprokhorenko@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>> gen_uuidv7() is OK
>>
>> I'd very much prefer to not have a gen_ or get_ prefix as argued before[1][2].
>>
>> My vote is still for simply uuidv7() and uuidv4()
>>
>>> uuid-ossp is outdated, slow and not supported by the author. UUIDv7 is the renaissance of UUIDs. So we should not
dependon legacy technology names 
>>
>> agreed
>>
>
> It seems that we agreed to use 'uuidv7' instead of 'uuid_v7()'. There
> is discussion whether we should add 'gen_' or 'get_' but let's go back
> to the previously-agreed function name 'uuidv7()' for now. We can
> rename it later if we find a better name.

I think uuidv7() is kind of consensual.

> I've attached the new version patch that incorporated all comments and
> renamed the functions. Also I avoided using 'if defined(__darwin__) ||
> defined(_MSC_VER)' twice.

Good, I think now it's a bit easier to understand those 2 bits.

Thanks!


Best regards, Andrey Borodin.