diff options
| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2010-09-06 22:54:24 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2010-09-06 22:54:24 +0000 |
| commit | 34e0de135df44fafad6f1f44240fdbad3b067616 (patch) | |
| tree | aa2211aaef9bee21a485fd37b6abf9e9f7a7031a /Lib/random.py | |
| parent | 957a47cd6f2170aa455c18a2144af57cf60188ec (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-34e0de135df44fafad6f1f44240fdbad3b067616.tar.gz | |
Remove outdated XXX comment. Mapping support was removed for 3.x.
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/random.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/random.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py index 568de88e63..f919718a6d 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. |