[taler-docs] branch master updated: document suggestion to use timeflakes (#6716)

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new 5c36361  document suggestion to use timeflakes (#6716)
     new a4fd71e  Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://git.taler.net/docs
5c36361 is described below

commit 5c36361b04ea28bf18ac618891cd95930366decc
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Jan 28 22:28:22 2021 +0100

    document suggestion to use timeflakes (#6716)
---
 core/api-merchant.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/api-merchant.rst b/core/api-merchant.rst
index 25f7c15..a9c9d92 100644
--- a/core/api-merchant.rst
+++ b/core/api-merchant.rst
@@ -1334,6 +1334,8 @@ Reserving inventory
     interface LockRequest {
 
       // UUID that identifies the frontend performing the lock
+      // It is suggested that clients use a timeflake for this,
+      // see https://github.com/anthonynsimon/timeflake
       lock_uuid: UUID;
 
       // How long does the frontend intend to hold the lock
@@ -1344,6 +1346,12 @@ Reserving inventory
 
     }
 
+  .. note::
+
+    The GNUNET_CRYPTO_random_timeflake() C API can be used
+    to generate such timeflakes for clients written in C.
+
+
 Removing products from inventory
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