Would it be useful to compress 128-bit UUIDs to fit them into narrower columns and reduce IO? I don't fully grasp the issues this would entail. Looks like ther

Would it be useful to compress 128-bit UUIDs to fit them into narrower columns and reduce IO? I don't fully grasp the issues this would entail. Looks like there's an old patent related to this: https://www.google.com/patents/US5913217 https://www.google.com/patents/US5913217