def history(self, name):
        """
        Returns:
            HistoryBuffer: the scalar history for name
        """
        ret = self._history.get(name, None)
        if ret is None:
            raise KeyError("No history metric available for {}!".format(name))
        return ret

        Returns:
            HistoryBuffer: the scalar history for name
        
fastreid/utils/events.py