ok con el uso de la clase deque, pero para los requisitos de la pregunta (promedio) esta es mi solución:
>>> from collections import deque
>>> class CircularBuffer(deque):
... def __init__(self, size=0):
... super(CircularBuffer, self).__init__(maxlen=size)
... @property
... def average(self): # TODO: Make type check for integer or floats
... return sum(self)/len(self)
...
>>>
>>> cb = CircularBuffer(size=10)
>>> for i in range(20):
... cb.append(i)
... print "@%s, Average: %s" % (cb, cb.average)
...
@deque([0], maxlen=10), Average: 0
@deque([0, 1], maxlen=10), Average: 0
@deque([0, 1, 2], maxlen=10), Average: 1
@deque([0, 1, 2, 3], maxlen=10), Average: 1
@deque([0, 1, 2, 3, 4], maxlen=10), Average: 2
@deque([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], maxlen=10), Average: 2
@deque([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], maxlen=10), Average: 3
@deque([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], maxlen=10), Average: 3
@deque([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], maxlen=10), Average: 4
@deque([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], maxlen=10), Average: 4
@deque([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], maxlen=10), Average: 5
@deque([2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11], maxlen=10), Average: 6
@deque([3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12], maxlen=10), Average: 7
@deque([4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13], maxlen=10), Average: 8
@deque([5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14], maxlen=10), Average: 9
@deque([6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15], maxlen=10), Average: 10
@deque([7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16], maxlen=10), Average: 11
@deque([8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17], maxlen=10), Average: 12
@deque([9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18], maxlen=10), Average: 13
@deque([10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19], maxlen=10), Average: 14