[issue18888] Add stdlib support for random sampling with replacement

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[issue18888] Add stdlib support for random sampling with replacement

Mark Dickinson added the comment: This was already considered and rejected in issue18414. -- nosy: +mark.dickinson, rhettinger resolution: -> duplicate status: open -> closed superseder: -> random.choices(seq, k) ___ Python tracker

[issue18888] Add stdlib support for random sampling with replacement

New submission from Madison May: Although the random module supports random sampling without replacement, there is no support for random sampling with replacement. Efficient random sampling with replacement is trivial using random.choice() (see below), but supporting it as an optional 'replac