DavidWells / DavidWells/analytics
Shrink UUID implementation
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enhancement
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- JavaScript
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Description
Currently UUID is
function uuid() {
var u = '',
m = 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx',
i = 0,
rb = Math.random() * 0xffffffff|0;
while (i++<36) {
var c = m [i-1],
r = rb&0xf,
v = c=='x' ? r : (r&0x3|0x8);
u += (c=='-' || c=='4') ? c : v.toString(16);
rb = i%8==0 ? Math.random() * 0xffffffff|0 : rb>>4
}
return u
}
Should we shrink to
function uuid(a) {
return a
? (a ^ ((Math.random() * 16) >> (a / 4))).toString(16)
: ([1e7] + -1e3 + -4e3 + -8e3 + -1e11).replace(/[018]/g, uuid);
}
Crypto version
function uuid() {
return ([1e7] + -1e3 + -4e3 + -8e3 + -1e11).replace(/[018]/g, (c) => (c ^ (crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(1))[0] & (15 >> (c / 4)))).toString(16));
}
Combined using crypto.getRandomValues with fallback
function uuid(a) {
return a
? (a ^ ((crypto.getRandomValues ? crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(1))[0] : Math.random() * 16) & (15 >> a / 4))).toString(16)
: ([1e7] + -1e3 + -4e3 + -8e3 + -1e11).replace(/[018]/g, uuid);
}
Pros? Cons? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by locating the current UUID implementation and compare it with each proposed JavaScript variant, including the crypto fallback; done requires a maintainer decision on the implementation and validation that the chosen behavior remains compatible.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- analytics
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100