tooru honda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have read the source code of the built-in random module, > random.py. After also reading Wiki article on Knuth Shuffle > algorithm, I wonder if the shuffle method implemented in random.py > produces results with modulo bias.
It doesn't have modulo bias because it doesn't use modulo to produce a random index; it multiplies the floating point value with the desired range. I'm not sure if that method produces any measurable bias. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
