Example

from tally import Tally
from more_itertools import repeatfunc, first
from itertools import islice
import silly

t = Tally()


def print_results(t):
    for i, namevotes in enumerate(islice(t.descending(), 0, 3)):
        name, votes = namevotes
        print("#{} is {} with {} votes. ".format(i + 1, name, votes), end='\t')
    print()

an_infinite_stream_of_random_names = repeatfunc(silly.firstname)
for num in an_infinite_stream_of_random_names:
    t.tally(num)
    print_results(t)

why?

• for streams where you need to keep track of the top-k
• for a lfu cache-like things
• inner torment
• realtime wordclouds