Re: can `shuffle-vector' be moved?

[Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> I don't know where it should live, but cookie1.el doesn't seem like the
> right place.
>
> It should be documented in "(elisp) Vector Functions" as well.
>
> Let me know if I should do this, please.
>
> Also this loop call from Pascal Bourguignon is a nice CL alternative to
> `shuffle-vector', though it uses the same algorithm:
>
> (defun shuffle (vector)
>   "Re-orders randomly the vector."
>   (loop
>       for i from (1-  (length vector)) downto 1
>       do (rotatef (aref vector i) (aref vector (random i)))))

Nice.
Why is this limited to vectors? with elt it could work also with lists.

> Can it go into cl-macs.el?
>
> Thanks
> Ted
>
>
>

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