Talk:Quickselect algorithm

How is pivot chosen?

Should the task specify how the pivot is to be chosen? Or should it leave it up to the implementer (and perhaps specify explicitly that the implementer can choose it how they want)? For example, the Python implementation chooses a random pivot, so it is randomized quickselect. There are other ones, e.g. choose the first element, or median of three, etc. --Spoon! (talk) 01:23, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Yep I saw that too, but thought I would just leave it open. It would allow some one to write an additional (or extend the current) Python solution using other pivot choices. I guess if it means a lot to someone then this is the time to create a separate task if they think it is necessary then restrict this task to be for random pivots, but I didn't think it was needed (which sounds better than I am lazy, however I can't truly remember if laziness applied in this case :-)
--Paddy3118 (talk) 22:06, 2 October 2013 (UTC)