bpo-40465: Deprecate the optional argument to random.shuffle(). (#19867)

Doc/library/random.rst

@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ Functions for sequences
    generated.  For example, a sequence of length 2080 is the largest that
    can fit within the period of the Mersenne Twister random number generator.
 
+   .. deprecated-removed:: 3.9 3.11
+      The optional parameter *random*.
+
 
 .. function:: sample(population, k)
 

Lib/random.py

@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ class Random(_random.Random):
                 j = randbelow(i+1)
                 x[i], x[j] = x[j], x[i]
         else:
+            _warn('The *random* parameter to shuffle() has been deprecated\n'
+                  'since Python 3.9 and will be removed in a subsequent '
+                  'version.',
+                  DeprecationWarning, 2)
             _int = int
             for i in reversed(range(1, len(x))):
                 # pick an element in x[:i+1] with which to exchange x[i]

Lib/test/test_random.py

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class TestBasicOps:
         shuffle = self.gen.shuffle
         mock_random = unittest.mock.Mock(return_value=0.5)
         seq = bytearray(b'abcdefghijk')
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
             shuffle(seq, mock_random)
         mock_random.assert_called_with()
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-02-12-00-28.bpo-40465.qfCjOD.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecated the optional *random* argument to *random.shuffle()*.