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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2013-10-06 04:48:21 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2013-10-06 04:48:21 (GMT)
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Minor clean-up of function parameters in random().
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/random.py')
-rw-r--r--Lib/random.py28
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 5876766..35e5b4a 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -162,18 +162,17 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
## -------------------- integer methods -------------------
- def randrange(self, start, stop=None, step=1, int=int):
+ def randrange(self, start, stop=None, step=1, _int=int):
"""Choose a random item from range(start, stop[, step]).
This fixes the problem with randint() which includes the
endpoint; in Python this is usually not what you want.
- Do not supply the 'int' argument.
"""
# This code is a bit messy to make it fast for the
# common case while still doing adequate error checking.
- istart = int(start)
+ istart = _int(start)
if istart != start:
raise ValueError("non-integer arg 1 for randrange()")
if stop is None:
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
raise ValueError("empty range for randrange()")
# stop argument supplied.
- istop = int(stop)
+ istop = _int(stop)
if istop != stop:
raise ValueError("non-integer stop for randrange()")
width = istop - istart
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
raise ValueError("empty range for randrange() (%d,%d, %d)" % (istart, istop, width))
# Non-unit step argument supplied.
- istep = int(step)
+ istep = _int(step)
if istep != step:
raise ValueError("non-integer step for randrange()")
if istep > 0:
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
raise IndexError('Cannot choose from an empty sequence')
return seq[i]
- def shuffle(self, x, random=None, int=int):
+ def shuffle(self, x, random=None):
"""x, random=random.random -> shuffle list x in place; return None.
Optional arg random is a 0-argument function returning a random
@@ -260,11 +259,18 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
Do not supply the 'int' argument.
"""
- randbelow = self._randbelow
- for i in reversed(range(1, len(x))):
- # pick an element in x[:i+1] with which to exchange x[i]
- j = randbelow(i+1) if random is None else int(random() * (i+1))
- x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i]
+ if random is None:
+ randbelow = self._randbelow
+ for i in reversed(range(1, len(x))):
+ # pick an element in x[:i+1] with which to exchange x[i]
+ j = randbelow(i+1)
+ x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i]
+ else:
+ _int = int
+ for i in reversed(range(1, len(x))):
+ # pick an element in x[:i+1] with which to exchange x[i]
+ j = _int(random() * (i+1))
+ x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i]
def sample(self, population, k):
"""Chooses k unique random elements from a population sequence or set.