Add parse method for UUID (JuliaLang#36199)

* Add parse method for UUID

* Add test for UUID parse function

* [skip ci] Add NEWS for UUID parse function

Author: iamed2

NEWS.md

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Standard library changes
 
 #### UUIDs
 * Change `uuid1` and `uuid4` to use `Random.RandomDevice()` as default random number generator ([#35872]).
+* Added `parse(::Type{UUID}, ::AbstractString)` method
 
 Deprecated or removed
 ---------------------

base/uuid.jl

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ function UUID(s::AbstractString)
 end
 end
 
+parse(::Type{UUID}, s::AbstractString) = UUID(s)
+
 
 let groupings = [36:-1:25; 23:-1:20; 18:-1:15; 13:-1:10; 8:-1:1]
     global string

test/loading.jl

@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ let uuidstr = "ab"^4 * "-" * "ab"^2 * "-" * "ab"^2 * "-" * "ab"^2 * "-" * "ab"^6
     uuid2 = UUID(uuidstr2)
     uuids = [uuid, uuid2]
     @test (uuids .== uuid) == [true, false]
+
+    @test parse(UUID, uuidstr2) == uuid2
 end
 @test_throws ArgumentError UUID("@"^4 * "-" * "@"^2 * "-" * "@"^2 * "-" * "@"^2 * "-" * "@"^6)