Re: [xsl] Random UUID in pure XSLT?

["Dimitre Novatchev dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wendell,

This question has definite answers even for XSLT 1.0, see for example this
SO question:

XSLT generate UUID
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8126963/xslt-generate-uuid>
And we have had pure XSLT 1.0 random sequence generators since 2002 (FXSL):

Casting the Dice with FXSL: Random Number Generation Functions in XSLT
<http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/articles/Random/Casting%20the%20Dice%20with%20FX
SL-htm.htm>

HTH,
Dimitre

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 8:36 AM Piez, Wendell A. (Fed) wendell.piez@xxxxxxxx
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> Today I write from the day job, where I am researching the question of how
> can I go about producing random UUIDs, in dozens or hundreds, inside an
> XSLT pipeline, without extension functions in Saxon. The Java randomUUID()
> function works nicely when itbs available, but I need to distribute the
> capability for SaxonHE and eventually SaxonJS.
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> We do not have an available implementation of RFC 4122 v4 brandom UUIDb
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> pure XSLT do we, free to use (and study)? I know the functional nature of
> the language makes randomness, um, problematic (when isnbt it?), which
> sometimes means workarounds b thatbs all fine. Indeed so would calling
out
> to a web service if it is known to be reliable. I have thought about
> handing a list of UUIDs in at runtime, but as I said, there may sometimes
> be hundreds and perhaps thousands, which makes that approach seem a bit
> scary.
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> Any thoughts or perspective would be most welcome.
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> Thanks, Wendell
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