[Python-ideas] Shuffled

[Mahmoud Hashemi]

I tend to agree with Arek. I've been bitten multiple times, including once
yesterday, because shuffle works in place, when I really expect a
sorted()-like behavior for a standalone function like that.

Mahmoud
https://github.com/mahmoud
http://sedimental.org

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Arek Bulski <arek.bulski at gmail.com> wrote:

> shuffled() should be in the random module, of course. I dont suggest a
> builtin. Although now that you mentioned it, I could go for that too.
>
> There are usage cases where its heavily used, in randomized testing for
> example. I am sure that there are also other domains where randomization of
> lists is used.
>
> Another reason to put it there is that using shuffle is inconvenient. The
> fact that I CAN write it myself doesnt mean that it doesnt belong in the
> standard library.
>
> Implementing this in pure python wont take a lot of work.
>
> pozdrawiam,
> Arkadiusz Bulski
>
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