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python-resource-management — detailed worked examples

Advanced Patterns

Pattern 5: Selective Exception Suppression

Only suppress specific, documented exceptions.

class StreamWriter:
    """Writer that handles broken pipe gracefully."""

    def __init__(self, stream) -> None:
        self._stream = stream

    def __enter__(self) -> "StreamWriter":
        return self

    def __exit__(
        self,
        exc_type: type[BaseException] | None,
        exc_val: BaseException | None,
        exc_tb: TracebackType | None,
    ) -> bool:
        """Clean up, suppressing BrokenPipeError on shutdown."""
        self._stream.close()

        # Suppress BrokenPipeError (client disconnected)
        # This is expected behavior, not an error
        if exc_type is BrokenPipeError:
            return True  # Exception suppressed

        return False  # Propagate all other exceptions

Pattern 6: Streaming with Accumulated State

Maintain both incremental chunks and accumulated state during streaming.

from collections.abc import Generator
from dataclasses import dataclass, field

@dataclass
class StreamingResult:
    """Accumulated streaming result."""

    chunks: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
    _finalized: bool = False

    @property
    def content(self) -> str:
        """Get accumulated content."""
        return "".join(self.chunks)

    def add_chunk(self, chunk: str) -> None:
        """Add chunk to accumulator."""
        if self._finalized:
            raise RuntimeError("Cannot add to finalized result")
        self.chunks.append(chunk)

    def finalize(self) -> str:
        """Mark stream complete and return content."""
        self._finalized = True
        return self.content

def stream_with_accumulation(
    response: StreamingResponse,
) -> Generator[tuple[str, str], None, str]:
    """Stream response while accumulating content.

    Yields:
        Tuple of (accumulated_content, new_chunk) for each chunk.

    Returns:
        Final accumulated content.
    """
    result = StreamingResult()

    for chunk in response.iter_content():
        result.add_chunk(chunk)
        yield result.content, chunk

    return result.finalize()

Pattern 7: Efficient String Accumulation

Avoid O(n²) string concatenation when accumulating.

def accumulate_stream(stream) -> str:
    """Efficiently accumulate stream content."""
    # BAD: O(n²) due to string immutability
    # content = ""
    # for chunk in stream:
    #     content += chunk  # Creates new string each time

    # GOOD: O(n) with list and join
    chunks: list[str] = []
    for chunk in stream:
        chunks.append(chunk)
    return "".join(chunks)  # Single allocation

Pattern 8: Tracking Stream Metrics

Measure time-to-first-byte and total streaming time.

import time
from collections.abc import Generator

def stream_with_metrics(
    response: StreamingResponse,
) -> Generator[str, None, dict]:
    """Stream response while collecting metrics.

    Yields:
        Content chunks.

    Returns:
        Metrics dictionary.
    """
    start = time.perf_counter()
    first_chunk_time: float | None = None
    chunk_count = 0
    total_bytes = 0

    for chunk in response.iter_content():
        if first_chunk_time is None:
            first_chunk_time = time.perf_counter() - start

        chunk_count += 1
        total_bytes += len(chunk.encode())
        yield chunk

    total_time = time.perf_counter() - start

    return {
        "time_to_first_byte_ms": round((first_chunk_time or 0) * 1000, 2),
        "total_time_ms": round(total_time * 1000, 2),
        "chunk_count": chunk_count,
        "total_bytes": total_bytes,
    }

Pattern 9: Managing Multiple Resources with ExitStack

Handle a dynamic number of resources cleanly.

from contextlib import ExitStack, AsyncExitStack
from pathlib import Path

def process_files(paths: list[Path]) -> list[str]:
    """Process multiple files with automatic cleanup."""
    results = []

    with ExitStack() as stack:
        # Open all files - they'll all be closed when block exits
        files = [stack.enter_context(open(p)) for p in paths]

        for f in files:
            results.append(f.read())

    return results

async def process_connections(hosts: list[str]) -> list[dict]:
    """Process multiple async connections."""
    results = []

    async with AsyncExitStack() as stack:
        connections = [
            await stack.enter_async_context(connect_to_host(host))
            for host in hosts
        ]

        for conn in connections:
            results.append(await conn.fetch_data())

    return results