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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def generate_id():
 """Generate new UUID"""

    # TODO: Use six.string_type to Py3 compat
    try:
        return unicode(uuid1()).replace(u"-", u"")
    except NameError:
        return str(uuid1()).replace(u"-", u"")