Simplistic prototype for connections expiry

connections_example.py

import datetime
import time

# Simple connections management dict in Python example

connections = {}


class Connection:
    def __init__(self):
        self.creation_time = datetime.datetime.now()


for conn_id in range(10):
    print("Adding connection " + str(conn_id))
    connections[conn_id] = Connection()
    time.sleep(1)

while len(connections) > 0:
    for conn_id in list(connections):
        expire_window = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(seconds=20)
        if connections[conn_id].creation_time < expire_window:
            print("Expiring connection " + str(conn_id))
            connections.pop(conn_id)

    print("Waiting for next expiry check iterval")
    time.sleep(5)

print("No more work to do, it's quitting time!")