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Id: 120798
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Queue: Scalar-List-Utils
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Requestors: zaxon [...] yopmail.com
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Fixed in: 1.54

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  Wed Mar 29 21:13:16 2017 zaxon [...] yopmail.com - Ticket created
Subject: request: roll function similar to that of perl6
Perl6's roll() function would be a good complement to the pick() function in git: https://github.com/Dual-Life/Scalar-List-Utils/pull/43
  Wed Feb 05 19:50:41 2020 leonerd-cpan [...] leonerd.org.uk - Correspondence added
1.54 added "sample" which handles this -- Paul Evans
  Wed Feb 05 19:50:41 2020 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Wed Feb 05 19:50:41 2020 leonerd-cpan [...] leonerd.org.uk - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'
  Wed Feb 05 19:50:42 2020 leonerd-cpan [...] leonerd.org.uk - Fixed in 1.54 added
  Sun Feb 23 05:19:05 2020 justincase [...] yopmail.com - Correspondence added
On Wed Feb 05 19:50:41 2020, PEVANS wrote: Show quoted text
> 1.54 added "sample" which handles this
it was already pointed out in the mentioned ticket that the behaviors of pick() and roll() are different: https://github.com/Dual-Life/Scalar-List-Utils/pull/43#issuecomment-577858347 perl6's roll() is similar to your implementation of sample(), but it is different from perl6's pick(): https://docs.perl6.org/type/List#routine_roll if a user wanted to emulate pick(), they'd have to call sample(1, @a) multiple times, which isn't any better than calling `map { $a[rand @a] } 1..$n`.
  Sun Feb 23 05:19:06 2020 justincase [...] yopmail.com - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'