[Python-ideas] About adding a new iteratormethodcalled "shuffled"
Raymond Hettinger
python at rcn.com
Wed Mar 25 02:59:27 CET 2009
> Greg> Think about it: A shuffling algorithm is a function from a random
> Greg> number to a permutation. There's no way you can get more permutations
> Greg> out than there are random numbers to put in.
If our random number generator can produce more possible shuffles than there are atoms in the universe, I say you don't worry about
it.
Raymond
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