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"""
Copied from Python Cookbook.

"""

class RingBuffer:
    def __init__(self,size_max):
        self.max = size_max
        self.data = []
    def append(self,x):
        """append an element at the end of the buffer"""
        self.data.append(x)
        if len(self.data) == self.max:
            self.cur = 0
            self.__class__ = RingBufferFull
    def get(self):
        """ return a list of elements from the oldest to the newest"""
        return self.data


class RingBufferFull:
    def __init__(self,n):
        raise "you should use RingBuffer"
    def append(self,x):     
        self.data[self.cur]=x
        self.cur=(self.cur+1) % self.max
    def get(self):
        return self.data[self.cur:]+self.data[:self.cur]
        
   
# sample of use
"""x=RingBuffer(5)
x.append(1); x.append(2); x.append(3); x.append(4)
print x.__class__,x.get()
x.append(5)
print x.__class__,x.get()
x.append(6)
print x.data,x.get()
x.append(7); x.append(8); x.append(9); x.append(10)
print x.data,x.get()"""