Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] AtomicString

[Artem Y. <ne...@gm...>]

Yuri Takhteyev wrote:
>> Now, if we're going to be arguing about generating universally unique
>> identifiers... I feel like I should chime in with one module I've been
>> making heavy use of recently: uuid!
>>     
>
> This is only included with python2.5.  We _could_ do something like
> what we do now with other things, i.e., wrap it and fall back on
> something else if uuid module cannot be imported.  Or we can tell
> people to install an extra uuid module if they are using older
> versions of python.  The question is: do we get any benefits from real
> uniqueness?
>
> (Before we get back into the question of whether anyone still uses old
> versions of Python: Django can run on 2.3 and as long as they can, I
> think so should we.)
>
> -  yuri
>
>   

Yes, I agree, it's not necessary here. But thanks David, I didn't know 
about it before, and used to use md5 for such things.