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.IX Title "uuid_compat 3pm"
.TH uuid_compat 3pm 2024-03-07 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Data::UUID \- OSSP uuid Backward Compatibility Perl Binding
.SH DESCRIPTION
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\&\fBData::UUID\fR is the \fBOSSP uuid\fR backward compatibility Perl binding
to the API of the original \fBData::UUID\fR module. It allows other
\&\fBData::UUID\fR based Perl modules to run with \fBOSSP::uuid\fR without
changes.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\&\fBOSSP::uuid\fR.
.SH HISTORY
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The backward compatibility Perl binding \fBData::UUID\fR for \fBOSSP
uuid\fR was originally implemented in 2004 by Piotr Roszatycki
<dexter@debian.org>. It was later cleaned up and speed optimized
in December 2005 by David Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>.