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How to Mock a Socket Stream in Python

Simulate a streaming socket source with a generator to test stream-read and buffering logic without a real network.

socket mock streaming
Python 
import socket
import threading
import time

def mock_socket_stream(data_chunks, delay=0.1):
    """Generator that simulates a streaming socket source."""
    for chunk in data_chunks:
        time.sleep(delay)
        yield chunk

def read_stream_socket(stream_gen):
    """Reads from mock stream and prints received ch…
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