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Re: [Python-ideas] How the heck does async/await work in Python 3.5

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王珺 wrote:
> Suppose io_operation() takes 3 seconds, then how can I write something like
> 
> future = io_operation()
> print('Start')
> time.sleep(1)
> print('Something')
> time.sleep(2)
> print(future.result())
> 
> that print 'Start' immediately and the result of io_operation() 3 seconds
> later.

Yes, Python can do this, but you probably need to use real
threads. The only exception would be if io_operation() were
something you could fire off with a single system call that's
guaranteed not to block, and then wait for the result later.
Opportunities for things like that are rare in unix.
(Windows might be different, I'm not sure.)

-- 
Greg

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How the heck does async/await work in Python 3.5 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-02-17 22:08 +0000
  Re: How the heck does async/await work in Python 3.5 Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-02-20 13:36 +1100
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