Re: can `shuffle-vector' be moved?

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 13 May 2011 10:03:57 +0800 Leo <address@hidden> wrote: 

L> On 2011-05-13 03:58 +0800, Ted Zlatanov wrote:
>> 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)))))
>> 
>> Can it go into cl-macs.el?

L> We should have one version and not in cl-macs.el. 

Why?  There are many functions in cl-macs.el that have analogues in
plain ELisp.  If anything I would drop `shuffle-vector' :)

L> `shuffle' is not in common lisp.

I didn't say it was.  cl-macs.el is not Common Lisp by any means and IMO
should not be treated as a clone of it.

Ted