The Great Refactor Update

We have a transition guide for moving from uuid 0.6.x to uuid 0.7.x.

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• Minimum rustc version bumped to 1.22 (#254)

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Added

• Nil variant to uuid::Version (#181)
• Add uuid::Version to prelude (#188)
• Allow v3 & v5 Uuids to be constructed from bytes (#270)
• BytesError for general Uuid use when byte slices are involved (#284)

Changes

• Move namespace Uuid constants under uuid::Uuid (#187)
• Use uuid::UuidBytes` instead of [u8;16] (#263)
• uuid::Uuid::from_bytes() renamed to uuid::Uuid::from_slice(), uuid::Uuid::from_uuid_bytes() renamed to uuid::Uuid::from_bytes() (#299)
• Uuid prefix removed from structs, enums and functions (#294)

Removed

• uuid::Uuid::new() method (#214)
• Remove deprecated use-std feature (#280)

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Dependencies

• Rand to 0.5 (#262)

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2018 edition is available. To enable it, use the 2018 branch.

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Since 0.7.0-beta

• fix const_fn marked functions not being const for adapters (#310)
• Optimize formatting by 80-90% by avoiding write!. (#303)

Beta of Major Refactors

Minimum rustc version bumped to 1.22 (#254)

Added:

• Nil variant to UuidVersion (#181)
• Add UuidVersion to prelude (#188)
• support for u128 (#201)
• Allow v3 & v5 to be constructed from bytes (#270)
• BytesError for general Uuid use (#284)

Changes:

• Move namespaces into Uuid::(#187)
• Use UuidBytes instead of [u8;16] (#263)
• from_bytes renamed to from_slice, from_uuid_bytes renamed to from_bytes (#299)
• Uuid Prefix removed from functions (#294)

Removed:

• Uuid::new() method (#214)
• Remove deprecated use-std feature (#280)

Dependencies:

• Rand to 0.5 (#262)

2018 edition is available. To enable it, use the 2018 branch

Const Fn Bug Fix

Fixes:

• Fixes name of the feature in lib.rs (#246)

Const fns are here

Additions:

• Const Uuid::from_bytes added (#218)
• Backport u128 support (#238)

Dependency Updates:

• serde & serde-test to 1.0.56 (#240)
• cfg_if fixed to min 0.1.2

Feature Gates:

• const_fn feature gate added (#232)

Collaborators:

• @jethrogb
• @mokeyish

Introducing: The Prelude

Additions:

• UUID Prelude added (#177) (refactored in #193)
• Allow compatibility with rust playgrounds - play.integer32.com and play.rust-lang.org (#189)

Refactors:

• slog implementation (#185) and test (#182) uuid creation functions moved to seperate modules

Create uuid from random bytes

Changelog:

• from_random_bytes added as a workaround for making rand public (#172)

Other miscellaneous changes (non-public):

• copy_memory_function removed and replaced with copy_from_slice (#175)
• cfg-if to create logical feature gate implementations (#167)
• templates for issues & PRs. So please use them while creating issues/PRs (#162)

use_std brought back for backward compatibility

• adds optional slog::Value impl #158
• [BUG-FIX] use_std brought back for backward compatibility #157

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Use uuid in your project with uuid="0.6.1" in your Cargo.toml file

Default Std

• Cargo.toml updated to reflect repository changes (#148)
• Minimum supported rustc version added (#143)
• Update Sha1 dependency to 0.5 0.6 (#142 and #146)
• UuidV1ClockSequence trait added (#137)

from beta release:

• make std default feature (#130 #131)
• macro use cleanup (#125)
• remove rustc_serialize support (#112)
• make rand a private dependency
• fix some doc rendering issues
• bump sha-1 to 0.4 (#110)
• rename use_std to std (#107)
• Add tests for compact/readable representations (#105)
• Remove use of serde_test (#104)
• Add impl fmt::{UpperHex,LowerHex} for {Uuid,Hyphenated,Simple} (#103)

Default Std

• make std default feature (#130 #131)
• macro use cleanup (#125)
• remove rustc_serialize support (#112)
• make rand a private dependency
• fix some doc rendering issues
• bump sha-1 to 0.4 (#110)
• rename use_std to std (#107)
• Add tests for compact/readable representations (#105)
• Remove use of serde_test (#104)
• Add impl fmt::{UpperHex,LowerHex} for {Uuid,Hyphenated,Simple} (#103)