1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/util.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/util.py
index dbe6a383d..5244d0d37 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/util.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/testing/util.py
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ def picklers():
             yield pickle_.loads, lambda d: pickle_.dumps(d, protocol)
 
 
+if py2k:
+
+    def random_choices(population, k=1):
+        pop = list(population)
+        # lame but works :)
+        random.shuffle(pop)
+        return pop[0:k]
+
+
+else:
+
+    def random_choices(population, k=1):
+        return random.choices(population, k=k)
+
+
 def round_decimal(value, prec):
     if isinstance(value, float):
         return round(value, prec)