From 0054cb2c440d405e54b3bdae6ce607495bedbb56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben West <ben.west@istresearch.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:26:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Replace uuid4 with equivalent faster alternative

---
 branca/element.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/branca/element.py b/branca/element.py
index b624f1b..36a661c 100644
--- a/branca/element.py
+++ b/branca/element.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 import warnings
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from urllib.request import urlopen
-from uuid import uuid4
+from binascii import hexlify
+from os import urandom
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, PackageLoader, Template
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class Element(object):
 
     def __init__(self, template=None, template_name=None):
         self._name = 'Element'
-        self._id = uuid4().hex
+        self._id = hexlify(urandom(16)).decode()
         self._env = ENV
         self._children = OrderedDict()
         self._parent = None