# Thanks to Thomas Heller for ctypes and for his help with its use here.
# If ctypes is available, use it to find system routines for UUID generation.
+# XXX This makes the module non-thread-safe!
_uuid_generate_random = _uuid_generate_time = _UuidCreate = None
try:
import ctypes, ctypes.util
def _unixdll_getnode():
"""Get the hardware address on Unix using ctypes."""
_uuid_generate_time(_buffer)
- return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw).node
+ return UUID(bytes=bytes_(_buffer.raw)).node
def _windll_getnode():
"""Get the hardware address on Windows using ctypes."""
if _UuidCreate(_buffer) == 0:
- return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw).node
+ return UUID(bytes=bytes_(_buffer.raw)).node
def _random_getnode():
"""Get a random node ID, with eighth bit set as suggested by RFC 4122."""
# use UuidCreate here because its UUIDs don't conform to RFC 4122).
if _uuid_generate_time and node is clock_seq is None:
_uuid_generate_time(_buffer)
- return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw)
+ return UUID(bytes=bytes_(_buffer.raw))
global _last_timestamp
import time
# When the system provides a version-4 UUID generator, use it.
if _uuid_generate_random:
_uuid_generate_random(_buffer)
- return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw)
+ return UUID(bytes=bytes_(_buffer.raw))
# Otherwise, get randomness from urandom or the 'random' module.
try: