Retry backoff too aggressive
Review this Python wrapper that retries a flaky read API.
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1import requests, time
2
3def get_quote(symbol):
4 while True:
5 try:
6 r = requests.get(f"https://quotes.internal/{symbol}", timeout=2)
7 r.raise_for_status()
8 return r.json()
9 except requests.RequestException:
10 time.sleep(0.05)
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