Storing UUID in line of sign

Is be safe if I trim first 16 symbols of UUID to store it on sign line, or exist way to encode/decode it to (<=)16 symbols string?

 

@bars96

Well it would be safe, I'm not sure if you would have collisions, it would be incredibly unlikely.

 

You could store values of 16 characters in the config which link to a uuid. So a config could go like this:

0000000000000001:<insert UUID>
(You could also do this the other way around)

And then when you're creating / reading from the sign, search the config for that key and get the uuid by splitting the config value at the ':' part.

 

This wouldn't solve overlap issues, it would only create unnecessary overhead. You basically just said to create a uuid so you can match it to a uuid so you can use the new matched uuid instead of the original uuid.

 

You'd be able to store the whole UUID elsewhere instead of having to use the first 16 characters of a UUID which could potentially cause issues.