Convert range to repeat for choices() (#11889)
diff --git a/Lib/random.py b/Lib/random.py
index 754b295..79ef30d 100644
--- a/Lib/random.py
+++ b/Lib/random.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
from os import urandom as _urandom
from _collections_abc import Set as _Set, Sequence as _Sequence
from hashlib import sha512 as _sha512
-from itertools import accumulate as _accumulate
+from itertools import accumulate as _accumulate, repeat as _repeat
from bisect import bisect as _bisect
import os as _os
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
if weights is None:
_int = int
n += 0.0 # convert to float for a small speed improvement
- return [population[_int(random() * n)] for i in range(k)]
+ return [population[_int(random() * n)] for i in _repeat(None, k)]
cum_weights = list(_accumulate(weights))
elif weights is not None:
raise TypeError('Cannot specify both weights and cumulative weights')
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
total = cum_weights[-1] + 0.0 # convert to float
hi = n - 1
return [population[bisect(cum_weights, random() * total, 0, hi)]
- for i in range(k)]
+ for i in _repeat(None, k)]
## -------------------- real-valued distributions -------------------