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How to Build an Append-Only Event Store in Python

Implement a simple append-only event store class that stores events in a list and supports retrieval by index range.

event-sourcing append-only event-store
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class EventStore:
    def __init__(self):
        self._events = []

    def append(self, event):
        """Append an event to the store."""
        self._events.append(event)

    def get_events(self, start=0, end=None):
        """Return events from start index to end (exclusive)."""
        return self._events[sta…
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