[issue35094] Improved algorithms for random.sample

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

One other thought.  We don't guarantee that sample() will always produce the same sequences, so that does give us some freedom; however, we have a strong aversion to doing so unless there is a compelling advantage.  It will almost certainly cause some disruption for users if their samples stop being reproducible from a given seed.  There is some value to the implementation remaining stable.

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