some small additions

core/CCArray.ml

@@ -141,14 +141,18 @@ let except_idx a i =
 
 (* Randomly shuffle the array, in place.
    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher-Yates_shuffle *)
-let shuffle a = 
+let _shuffle _rand_int a = 
   for i = 1 to Array.length a - 1 do
-    let j = Random.int i in
+    let j = _rand_int i in
     let tmp = a.(i) in
     a.(i) <- a.(j);
     a.(j) <- tmp;
   done
 
+let shuffle a = _shuffle Random.int a
+
+let shuffle_with st a = _shuffle (Random.State.int st) a
+
 (** print an array of items using the printing function *)
 let pp ?(sep=", ") pp_item buf a =
   for i = 0 to Array.length a - 1 do

core/CCArray.mli

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ val except_idx : 'a t -> int -> 'a list
 val shuffle : 'a t -> unit
 (** shuffle randomly the array, in place *)
 
+val shuffle_with : Random.State.t -> 'a t -> unit
+(** Like shuffle but using a specialized random state *)
+
 val pp: ?sep:string -> (Buffer.t -> 'a -> unit)
           -> Buffer.t -> 'a t -> unit
 (** print an array of items with printing function *)

core/CCFun.ml

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ let const x _ = x
 
 let uncurry f (x,y) = f x y
 
+let tap f x = ignore (f x); x
+
 let (%>) = compose
 
 let (%) f g x = f (g x)

core/CCFun.mli

@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ val curry : ('a * 'b -> 'c) -> 'a -> 'b -> 'c
 
 val uncurry : ('a -> 'b -> 'c) -> ('a * 'b) -> 'c
 
+val tap : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'a
+(** [tap f x] evaluates [f x], discards it, then returns [x]. Useful
+    in a pipeline, for instance:
+    {[CCArray.(1 -- 10)
+      |> tap CCArray.shuffle
+      |> tap CCArray.sort Pervasives.compare
+    ]}
+*)
+
 val (%) : ('b -> 'c) -> ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'c
 (** Mathematical composition *)
 

core/CCVector.mli

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 (** {1 Growable, mutable vector} *)
 
-type ro
-type rw
+type ro = [`RO]
+type rw = [`RW]
 
 (** Mutability is [rw] (read-write) or [ro] (read-only) *)