Guid

Windows globally unique identifier mirroring the native GUID fields.

Constructor

Guid value

Parses canonical GUID text or binary, or copies an existing Guid.

Binary values use the 16-byte native Windows in-memory layout.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
value	(Str | Bin | Guid)	GUID text, native packet, or Guid.

Errors

ValueError if the text is invalid or bytes are not exactly 16 long.

Example

let id = Guid "00112233-4455-6677-8899-aabbccddeeff"
let copy = Guid $id

Class Fields

NIL

The nil Guid, 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.

Fields

bytes

The raw 16-byte native Windows in-memory GUID packet.

data1

The Data1 field.

data2

The Data2 field.

data3

The Data3 field.

data4

The 8-byte Data4 field.

Methods

(eq) other

Compares two GUID values.

(str)()

Returns the canonical hyphenated GUID text.

generate() -> Guid

Generates a random Guid.