Is `wsample` a proper name for a function like this?

[Terry Reedy]

On 10/10/2012 11:33 PM, Satoru Logic wrote:
> I came across a function named `wsample` in a `utils` package of my
> workplace recently.
>
> The "w" in `wsample` stands for `weighted`, and it randomly selects
> an element from a container according to relative weights of all the
> elements.

I agree that wt_select for weighted select might be better for a sample 
size of 1 ;-).

> In most articles and codes I saw online, a function like this is
> often named `weighted_random_choice`, which sounds *correct* to me.

Easier to understand, at least the first time, harder to write. Be glad 
the author did not use 'ws' as would have once been common.

> So when I saw this `wsample` function, I considered it a improper
> name. Because `wsample`makes me think of `random.sample`, which
> returns a list of randomly generated elements, not a element.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy