<p>In <a href="https://github.com/mlpack/mlpack/pull/708#discussion_r71838603">src/mlpack/core/tree/vantage_point_tree/vantage_point_split.hpp</a>:</p>
<pre style='color:#555'>&gt; +   */
&gt; +  static void SelectVantagePoint(const BoundType&amp; bound, const MatType&amp; data,
&gt; +    const size_t begin, const size_t count, size_t&amp; vantagePoint, ElemType&amp; mu);
&gt; +
&gt; +  /**
&gt; +   * Find no more then max(numSamples, upperBound) random samples i.e.
&gt; +   * random points that belong to the node. Each sample belongs to
&gt; +   * the interval [begin, begin + upperBound)
&gt; +   *
&gt; +   * @param distinctSamples The vector of samples indices.
&gt; +   * @param numSamples Maximum number of samples.
&gt; +   * @param begin The least index.
&gt; +   * @param upperBound The upper bound of indices.
&gt; +   */
&gt; +  static void GetDistinctSamples(arma::uvec&amp; distinctSamples,
&gt; +      const size_t numSamples, const size_t begin, const size_t upperBound);
</pre>
<p>I agree, that will be better. Moreover, the random projection tree uses the same function.</p>

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