Add retry function to Python standard library

[jude253]

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

I often find myself adding retry functionality in many different places. I think it would be super helpful if there was retry functionality in the python standard library by default. I think this is super helpful with API calls.

Ideally, it would have nice and easy syntax with good enough default values that can be further configured if needed.

Example:

@retry
def user_function(arg1, arg2, kwarg='something'):
    pass

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

No response

Linked PRs

• gh-126927: Add functools.retry decorator function #126928
• gh-126927: Add functools.retry decorator function #126943

[hugovk]

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