tango.util.uuid.RandomGen

Most people who want UUIDs will generate small numbers of them (maybe a few hundred thousand) and not require a huge amount of uniqueness (just for this one application). This module provides a convenient way to obtain that behavior.
To streamline your usage, this module publicly imports Uuid, so you can import this module alone.

To use this module, just: 

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import tango.util.uuid.RandomGen;

Uuid id = randUuid.next;
UuidGen randUuid ΒΆ#
The default random UUID generator. You can set this if you need to generate UUIDs in another manner and already have code pointing to this module.
This uses a unique PRNG instance. If you want repeatable results, you should inject your own UUID generator and reseed it as necessary: 
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auto rand = getRand();
randUuid = new RandomGen!(typeof(rand))(rand);
doStuff();
rand.reseed();

The default PRNG is the Mersenne twister. If you need speed, KISS is about 30 times faster. I chose the Mersenne twister because it's reasonably fast (I can generate 150,000 per second on my machine) and has a long period. The KISS generator can produce 5 million per second on my machine.