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clarify shuffle docs#1259

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@RalfJung RalfJung commented Oct 6, 2022

Fixes #1258

In that issue @vks makes a remark about the generator state space. Is that something that should be mentioned here? I am not sure if I fully understand the remark, it seems to be about fundamental limits of finite-state pseudo-random number generators.

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vks commented Oct 6, 2022

Yes, it's about how many different numbers a PRNG with a finite seed / state can generate. It's explained a bit more here.

@dhardy dhardy merged commit 23f8b29 into rust-random:master Oct 11, 2022
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Is 'shuffle' uniform across all permutations?

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