Independently of the dimensionality question --- I'd imagined that array_sample would select a random subset of the array elements but keep their order intact. If you want the behavior shown above, you can do array_shuffle(array_sample(...)). But if we randomize it, and that's not what the user wanted, she has no recourse.
And for those that want to know in what order those elements were chosen they have no recourse in the other setup.
I really think this function needs to grow an algorithm argument that can be used to specify stuff like ordering, replacement/without-replacement, etc...just some enums separated by commas that can be added to the call.
