void *iterator_cls);
+/**
+ * Return a *uniform* random element from the heap. Choose a random
+ * number between 0 and heap size and then walk directly to it.
+ * This cost can be between 0 and n, amortized cost of logN.
+ *
+ * @param heap heap to choose random element from
+ * @param max how many nodes from the heap to choose from
+ *
+ * @return data stored at the chosen random node,
+ * NULL if the heap is empty.
+ *
+ */
+void *
+GNUNET_CONTAINER_heap_get_random (struct GNUNET_CONTAINER_Heap *heap, uint32_t max);
+
/**
* Perform a random walk of the tree. The walk is biased
* towards elements closer to the root of the tree (since