feat: random integer iterators and streams

[studiosi]

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[Smoren]

Hi @studiosi! Thank you for PR!
I see that you used a third-party library to implement new functionality. The thing is, I would like itertools to remain a dependency-free library, so I would like to ask you to rework this PR so that new features do not use a third-party library.

I would also like to ask you to implement tests using data providers, similar to the tests written earlier.

Thanks!

[studiosi]

I don't understand the rationale of including a statistical self-coded random number generator in this library. It is a complex change that would introduce a lot of possible bugs and maintenance costs. If the choice is math.Random this library would be useless for most serious purposes, can you clarify what's the expected outcome?

[Smoren]

Hi @studiosi!

Have you ever encountered issues in a project due to transitive dependencies? For example, when a library requires one version of another library as a dependency, but your project needs a different version of it?
This is quite a common problem, so I want to keep itertools-ts free from any dependencies.

Also, I'd like to add that itertools-ts is a general-purpose library, and using the standard Math.random() will be perfectly fine for it. Those who need more powerful tools for working with random numbers can use the random library directly.

[studiosi]

Yes, I know why not having dependencies is desirable. I also think that implementing a statistically sound random number generator should not be something that this library should do.

[Smoren]

@studiosi I think that using Math.random() is a better decision than adding transitional dependencies.