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which is faster? random(string) or uuid4
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[vagrant@debian-jessie]$ python -m timeit 'import string; import random; "".join([random.choice(string.digits) for _ in range(36)])'
100000 loops, best of 3: 15.3 usec per loop
python -m timeit 6.38s user 0.00s system 99% cpu 6.408 total
[vagrant@debian-jessie]$ python -m timeit 'import uuid; str(uuid.uuid4())'
100000 loops, best of 3: 18.2 usec per loop
python -m timeit 'import uuid; str(uuid.uuid4())' 6.13s user 1.54s system 98% cpu 7.763 total
[vagrant@debian-jessie]$
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