using Version 1 uuid as specified by RFC4122

skariel · Jan 31, 2014 · 8e17fdd · 8e17fdd
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commit 8e17fdd
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/webalchemy/server.py b/webalchemy/server.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 from types import ModuleType
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
+from uuid import uuid1
+
 import tornado
 import tornado.web
 import tornado.ioloop
@@ -44,10 +46,9 @@
 
 
 def _generate_session_id():
-    """Generate a random session id.
-    The id is not guaranteed to be unique."""
-    #TODO: Guarantee unique ids
-    return str(random.randint(0, 1e16))
+    """Generate a session id.
+    a Version 1 uuid as specified by RFC4122, see here: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4122.html"""
+    return str(uuid1())
 
 @gen.coroutine
 def async_delay(secs):