The `google/uuid` package

The google/uuid package in Go is a library for generating and working with universally unique identifiers (UUIDs). It provides a wide range of functions for creating, parsing, and comparing UUIDs.

Function	Description
`uuid.New()`	Generates a new random UUID (UUID v4).
`uuid.NewString()`	Returns a new random UUID as a string (UUID v4).
`uuid.Must()`	A convenience function that panics if UUID creation fails.
`uuid.NewRandom()`	Generates a random UUID (UUID v4) from a secure random source.
`uuid.Parse()`	Parses a UUID string into a UUID object.
`uuid.FromString()`	Converts a string representation of a UUID into a UUID object (deprecated).
`uuid.Equal()`	Compares two UUIDs for equality.
`uuid.NewUUID()`	Generates a UUID based on MAC address and timestamp (UUID v1).
`uuid.NewMD5()`	Creates a UUID based on a namespace and a name using MD5 hashing (UUID v3).
`uuid.NewSHA1()`	Creates a UUID based on a namespace and a name using SHA1 hashing (UUID v5).

This table summarizes the key functions and their descriptions for the google/uuid package.

The `google/uuid` package

The google/uuid package

The `google/uuid` package