Data::UUID(3perl)

💖 Data::UUID 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Data::UUID(3perl) page — yes, that's the manual name, it's giving "vintage Perl lore" and honestly? iconic. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

Data::UUID — the OSSP uuid Backward Compatibility Perl Binding. it's the vibe bridge. the glow-up that still fits your old jeans. 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so Data::UUID is literally the OSSP uuid backward compatibility Perl binding to the API of the original Data::UUID module. no cap. 💅

the whole point, the entire assignment, the main character mission: it lets other Data::UUID based Perl modules run with OSSP::uuid without changes. zero edits. zero drama. they just work. slay. ✨

like, you don't have to touch your existing code at all. it just vibes. 🫶

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• OSSP::uuid(3perl) — go read this one too, it's the whole reason we're here 💜

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👑 HISTORY 👑

storytime, bestie, and it's a good one 🍓

1. the backward compatibility Perl binding Data::UUID to OSSP uuid was originally implemented in 2004 by Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org> 🧚
2. then, in December 2005, it got later cleaned up and speed optimized by David Wheeler <david@justatheory.com> 🔥

a whole glow-up era. two legends. one binding. periodt. 💅

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okay that's the whole page, no notes 🌈 — this was Data::UUID(3perl) from ossp-uuid 1.6.6, dated December 8, 2025. go forth and make UUIDs, bestie, you got this 💖✨🎀