Function NewRandom

version4.go:39–44

NewRandom returns a Random (Version 4) UUID. The strength of the UUIDs is based on the strength of the crypto/rand package. Uses the randomness pool if it was enabled with EnableRandPool. A note about uniqueness derived from the UUID Wikipedia entry: Randomly generated UUIDs have 122 random bits

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//  equivalent to the odds of creating a few tens of trillions of UUIDs in a
//  year and having one duplicate.
func NewRandom() (UUID, error) {
	if !poolEnabled {
		return NewRandomFromReader(rander)
	}
	return newRandomFromPool()
}

// NewRandomFromReader returns a UUID based on bytes read from a given io.Reader.
func NewRandomFromReader(r io.Reader) (UUID, error) {