Update

src/UUID4.jl

@@ -78,18 +78,18 @@ function uuid_formats()::Vector{Int}
 end
 
 """
-	uuid_parse(str::AbstractString; fmt::Int = length(str)) -> Tuple{Int, UUID}
+	uuid_parse(str::AbstractString; fmt::Int = ncodeunits(str)) -> Tuple{Int, UUID}
 """
 function uuid_parse end
 function uuid_parse(id::UUID)::Tuple{Int, UUID}
-	(length("$id"), id) # (36, id)
+	(36, id)
 end
 function uuid_parse(str::AbstractString; fmt::Int = 0)::Tuple{Int, UUID}
-	len = length(str)
+	len = ncodeunits(str)
 	(id = uuid_tryparse(str)) |> isnothing &&
-		argumenterror("Invalid id `$str` with length = $len")
+		argumenterror("Invalid id `$str` with ncodeunits = $len")
 	if 0 < fmt ≠ len
-		argumenterror("Invalid id `$str` with length = $len (should be $fmt)")
+		argumenterror("Invalid id `$str` with ncodeunits = $len (should be $fmt)")
 	elseif fmt < 0
 		argumenterror("Invalid format `$fmt` (should be positive)")
 	end
@@ -159,15 +159,27 @@ end
 """
 	uuid_tryparse(s::AbstractString) -> Maybe{Union{UInt128, UUID}}
 """
+function uuid_tryparse end
+let
+#! format: noindent
+function dropdash(s::AbstractString; step::Int, count::Int)
+	for i ∈ 1:count
+		@inbounds UInt8('-') ≠ codeunit(s, (1 + step)i) && return ""
+	end
+	replace(s, "-" => ""; count)
+end
+
 function uuid_tryparse(str::AbstractString)::Maybe{Union{UInt128, UUID}}
 	len = ncodeunits(str)
-	len ≡ 24 ? uuid_tryparse(replace(str, "-" => "")) :
-	len ≡ 29 ? uuid_tryparse(replace(str, "-" => "")) :
-	len ≡ 39 ? uuid_tryparse(replace(str, "-" => "")) :
+	len ≡ 24 ? uuid_tryparse(dropdash(str, step = 7, count = len - 22)) :
+	len ≡ 29 ? uuid_tryparse(dropdash(str, step = 5, count = len - 25)) :
+	len ≡ 39 ? uuid_tryparse(dropdash(str, step = 4, count = len - 32)) :
 	len ≡ 22 ? Base.tryparse(UInt128, str, base = 62) :
 	len ≡ 25 ? Base.tryparse(UInt128, str, base = 36) :
 	len ≡ 32 ? Base.tryparse(UInt128, str, base = 16) :
-	len ≡ 36 ? Base.tryparse(UUID, str) : nothing
+	len ≡ 36 ? Base.tryparse(UUID, str) : (nothing)
+end
+global uuid_tryparse
 end
 
 """

test/runtests.jl

@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ str = "22b4a8a1-e548-4eeb-9270-60426d66a48e"
 @test_throws ArgumentError UUID("22b4a8a1-e548-4eeb-9270a60426d66a48e")
 @test UUID(uppercase(str)) == UUID(str)
 for r ∈ rand(UInt128, 10^3)
-	@test UUID(r) == UUID(string(UUID(r)))
+	s = string(UUID(r))
+	@test UUID(r) == UUID(s)
+	@test ncodeunits(s) === length(s) === 36
 end
 
 fmt = [22, 24, 25, 29, 32, 36, 39]