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[random] Deprecate random parameter in shuffle function #15226

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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions stdlib/random.pyi
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Expand Up @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import sys
from _typeshed import SupportsLenAndGetItem
from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, MutableSequence, Sequence, Set as AbstractSet
from fractions import Fraction
from typing import Any, ClassVar, NoReturn, TypeVar
from typing_extensions import Self
from typing import Any, ClassVar, NoReturn, TypeVar, overload
from typing_extensions import Self, deprecated

__all__ = [
"Random",
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if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
def shuffle(self, x: MutableSequence[Any]) -> None: ...
else:
@overload
def shuffle(self, x: MutableSequence[Any]) -> None: ...
@overload
@deprecated("The `random` parameter is deprecated since Python 3.9; removed in Python 3.11.")
def shuffle(self, x: MutableSequence[Any], random: Callable[[], float] | None = None) -> None: ...
if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
def sample(self, population: Sequence[_T], k: int, *, counts: Iterable[int] | None = None) -> list[_T]: ...
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