From b75ec0856771b51684b08c4e5068fbfad25c5e83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Farhaan Bukhsh Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:59:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-33640, uuid.UUID doc: document endian of bytes parameter (GH-7263) The bytes parameter uses big endian. --- Doc/library/uuid.rst | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/uuid.rst b/Doc/library/uuid.rst index 09c56e537bd..415e25bef6d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/uuid.rst +++ b/Doc/library/uuid.rst @@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ which relays any information about the UUID's safety, using this enumeration: .. class:: UUID(hex=None, bytes=None, bytes_le=None, fields=None, int=None, version=None, *, is_safe=SafeUUID.unknown) Create a UUID from either a string of 32 hexadecimal digits, a string of 16 - bytes as the *bytes* argument, a string of 16 bytes in little-endian order as - the *bytes_le* argument, a tuple of six integers (32-bit *time_low*, 16-bit - *time_mid*, 16-bit *time_hi_version*, 8-bit *clock_seq_hi_variant*, 8-bit - *clock_seq_low*, 48-bit *node*) as the *fields* argument, or a single 128-bit - integer as the *int* argument. When a string of hex digits is given, curly - braces, hyphens, and a URN prefix are all optional. For example, these + bytes in big-endian order as the *bytes* argument, a string of 16 bytes in + little-endian order as the *bytes_le* argument, a tuple of six integers + (32-bit *time_low*, 16-bit *time_mid*, 16-bit *time_hi_version*, + 8-bit *clock_seq_hi_variant*, 8-bit *clock_seq_low*, 48-bit *node*) as the + *fields* argument, or a single 128-bit integer as the *int* argument. + When a string of hex digits is given, curly braces, hyphens, + and a URN prefix are all optional. For example, these expressions all yield the same UUID:: UUID('{12345678-1234-5678-1234-567812345678}')