gh-128427: Add uuid.NIL and uuid.MAX

Doc/library/uuid.rst

@@ -288,6 +288,24 @@ of the :attr:`~UUID.variant` attribute:
 
    Reserved for future definition.
 
+The :mod:`uuid` module defines the special Nil and Max UUID values:
+
+
+.. data:: NIL
+
+   A special form of UUID that is specified to have all 128 bits set to zero
+   according to :rfc:`RFC 9562, §5.9 <9562#section-5.9>`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.14
+
+
+.. data:: MAX
+
+   A special form of UUID that is specified to have all 128 bits set to one
+   according to :rfc:`RFC 9562, §5.10 <9562#section-5.10>`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.14
+
 
 .. seealso::
 
@@ -380,6 +398,13 @@ Here are some examples of typical usage of the :mod:`uuid` module::
    >>> uuid.UUID(bytes=x.bytes)
    UUID('00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f')
 
+   >>> # get the Nil UUID
+   >>> uuid.NIL
+   UUID('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000')
+
+   >>> # get the Max UUID
+   >>> uuid.MAX
+   UUID('ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff')
 
 .. _uuid-cli-example:
 

Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst

@@ -665,6 +665,10 @@ uuid
   in :rfc:`9562`.
   (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`89083`.)
 
+* :data:`uuid.NIL` and :data:`uuid.MAX` are now available to represent the Nil
+  and Max UUID formats as defined by :rfc:`9562`. (Contributed by Nick Pope in
+  :gh:`128427`.)
+
 zipinfo
 -------
 

Lib/test/test_uuid.py

@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ def get_command_stdout(command, args):
 class BaseTestUUID:
     uuid = None
 
+    def test_nil_uuid(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.uuid.NIL,
+            self.uuid.UUID('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'),
+        )
+
+    def test_max_uuid(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.uuid.MAX,
+            self.uuid.UUID('ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff'),
+        )
+
     def test_safe_uuid_enum(self):
         class CheckedSafeUUID(enum.Enum):
             safe = 0

Lib/uuid.py

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@
     # make a UUID from a 16-byte string
     >>> uuid.UUID(bytes=x.bytes)
     UUID('00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f')
+
+    # get the Nil UUID
+    >>> uuid.NIL
+    UUID('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000')
+
+    # get the Max UUID
+    >>> uuid.MAX
+    UUID('ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff')
 """
 
 import os
@@ -799,5 +807,10 @@ def main():
 NAMESPACE_OID = UUID('6ba7b812-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8')
 NAMESPACE_X500 = UUID('6ba7b814-9dad-11d1-80b4-00c04fd430c8')
 
+# RFC 9562 Sections 5.9 and 5.10 define the special Nil and Max UUID formats.
+
+NIL = UUID('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000')
+MAX = UUID('ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff')
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()

Misc/ACKS

@@ -1473,6 +1473,7 @@ Michael Pomraning
 Martin Pool
 Iustin Pop
 Claudiu Popa
+Nick Pope
 John Popplewell
 Matheus Vieira Portela
 Davin Potts

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-02-20-34-04.gh-issue-128427.onPoQZ.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:data:`uuid.NIL` and :data:`uuid.MAX` are now available to represent the Nil
+and Max UUID formats as defined by :rfc:`9562`.