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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/random.py | 9 |
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diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py index 568de88..f919718 100644 --- a/Lib/random.py +++ b/Lib/random.py @@ -292,15 +292,6 @@ class Random(_random.Random): large population: sample(xrange(10000000), 60) """ - # XXX Although the documentation says `population` is "a sequence", - # XXX attempts are made to cater to any iterable with a __len__ - # XXX method. This has had mixed success. Examples from both - # XXX sides: sets work fine, and should become officially supported; - # XXX dicts are much harder, and have failed in various subtle - # XXX ways across attempts. Support for mapping types should probably - # XXX be dropped (and users should pass mapping.keys() or .values() - # XXX explicitly). - # Sampling without replacement entails tracking either potential # selections (the pool) in a list or previous selections in a set. |