2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/guuid.go b/src/guuid.go
index 7d69fca..0d20021 100644
--- a/src/guuid.go
+++ b/src/guuid.go
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ func New() UUID {
 	return uuid
 }
 
+func NewBytes() []byte {
+	id := New()
+	return id[:]
+}
+
 func (uuid UUID) String() string {
 	dst := [uuidEncodedLength]byte {
 		0, 0, 0, 0,
diff --git a/tests/guuid.go b/tests/guuid.go
index 6470fca..ca20b49 100644
--- a/tests/guuid.go
+++ b/tests/guuid.go
@@ -167,6 +167,20 @@ func test_New() {
 	})
 }
 
+func test_NewBytes() {
+	testStart("NewBytes()")
+
+	testing("the slice has the same length of the original array", func() {
+		array := New()
+		slice := NewBytes()
+		assertEq(len(slice), len(array))
+	})
+
+	testing("we get the correct byte count", func() {
+		assertEq(len(NewBytes()), UUIDByteCount)
+	})
+}
+
 func test_String() {
 	testStart("UUID.String()")
 
@@ -242,6 +256,7 @@ func test_FromString() {
 func MainTest() {
 	test_NewFrom()
 	test_New()
+	test_NewBytes()
 	test_String()
 	test_FromString()
 }