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+class CircularBuffer:
+    """circular buffer implementation for managing streamed data
+    """
+    #: internal buffer storage maintaining a fixed size
+    buf: bytearray
+    #: maximum capacity of the buffer
+    size: int
+    #: index of the oldest element in the buffer
+    start: int
+    #: index where the next element will be inserted
+    end: int
+    #: indicates whether the buffer has overwritten older data
+    filled: bool
+
+    def __init__(self, size: int):
+        """initializes the circular buffer with a fixed capacity
+
+        :param size: maximum number of bytes the buffer can hold
+        """
+        self.buf = bytearray(size)
+        self.size = size
+        self.start = 0
+        self.end = 0
+        self.filled = False
+
+    def append(self, data: bytes):
+        """adds data to the circular buffer, overwriting old data if necessary
+
+        :param data: byte sequence to append to the buffer
+        """
+        for byte in data:
+            self.buf[self.end] = byte
+            self.end = (self.end + 1) % self.size
+            if self.end == self.start:  # Overwriting case
+                self.start = (self.start + 1) % self.size
+                self.filled = True
+