import contextlib import inspect class MyBuffer: def __init__(self, data: bytes): self.data = bytearray(data) self.view = None def __buffer__(self, flags: int) -> memoryview: if flags != inspect.BufferFlags.FULL_RO: raise TypeError("Only BufferFlags.FULL_RO supported") if self.view is not None: raise RuntimeError("Buffer already held") self.view = memoryview(self.data) return self.view def __release_buffer__(self, view: memoryview) -> None: assert self.view is view # guaranteed to be true self.view.release() self.view = None def extend(self, b: bytes) -> None: if self.view is not None: raise RuntimeError("Cannot extend held buffer") self.data.extend(b) buffer = MyBuffer(b"capybara") with memoryview(buffer) as view: view[0] = ord("C") with contextlib.suppress(RuntimeError): buffer.extend(b"!") # raises RuntimeError buffer.extend(b"!") # ok, buffer is no longer held with memoryview(buffer) as view: assert view.tobytes() == b"Capybara!"