Re: [boost] Boost.Uuid and header-only support

James E. King, III wrote:

I'm adding boost::uuids::random_device_solo which is a basic_random_generator of random_device (header-only) type, ...

That's not a very good name. :-)

... and documented it as optimal for one-off UUID generation, whereas the standard random_generator is best suited to be reused (in a thread-safe manner) for multiple uuid generation.

You're still using "optimal" only with respect to performance. It's never optimal for random numbers to not be cryptographically secure.