In discussions initially we thought UID could be a static identifier but we should still ensure that the alias is unique. Thinking about it some more, we realized that if the user needs to identify a component by a unique name they always have the option of planning ahead and naming things correctly. We don't really need them to be unique because anyone who does need a unique alias will have to plan ahead anyway.
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In discussions initially we thought UID could be a static identifier but we should still ensure that the alias is unique. Thinking about it some more, we realized that if the user needs to identify a component by a unique name they always have the option of planning ahead and naming things correctly. We don't really need them to be unique because anyone who does need a unique alias will have to plan ahead anyway.
We should however have a right click option to show the GUID: https://github.com/NISystemsEngineering/CEF/issues/30