commit d42941751c52e4e077e3d94bef6f4a3e545444ee
author Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa@gmail.com> Fri Nov 21 22:05:48 2008 +0000
committer Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa@gmail.com> Fri Nov 21 22:05:48 2008 +0000
tree 1bf4228c0763c3b6888a50c8f4b44601b89d8c43
parent 322656596abfd772b0573731a78676f4a16f2d34

#4363: Let uuid.uuid1() and uuid.uuid4() run even if the ctypes module is not present.

Will backport to 2.6

Lib/uuid.py

diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
index e1b2f4b..4840fa5 100644
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@
 
     # When the system provides a version-1 UUID generator, use it (but don't
     # use UuidCreate here because its UUIDs don't conform to RFC 4122).
-    _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
     if _uuid_generate_time and node is clock_seq is None:
+        _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
         _uuid_generate_time(_buffer)
         return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw)
 
@@ -516,8 +516,8 @@
     """Generate a random UUID."""
 
     # When the system provides a version-4 UUID generator, use it.
-    _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
     if _uuid_generate_random:
+        _buffer = ctypes.create_string_buffer(16)
         _uuid_generate_random(_buffer)
         return UUID(bytes=_buffer.raw)