def truncate_seq_pair(tokens_a, tokens_b, max_num_tokens, rng):
  """Truncates a pair of sequences to a maximum sequence length."""
  while True:
    total_length = len(tokens_a) + len(tokens_b)
    if total_length <= max_num_tokens:
      break

    trunc_tokens = tokens_a if len(tokens_a) > len(tokens_b) else tokens_b
    assert len(trunc_tokens) >= 1

    # We want to sometimes truncate from the front and sometimes from the
    # back to add more randomness and avoid biases.
    if rng.random() < 0.5:
      del trunc_tokens[0]
    else:
      trunc_tokens.pop()
  return tokens_b