"""High-level support for working with threads in asyncio""" import functools import contextvars from . import events __all__ = "to_thread", async def to_thread(func, /, *args, **kwargs): """Asynchronously run function *func* in a separate thread. Any *args and **kwargs supplied for this function are directly passed to *func*. Also, the current :class:`contextvars.Context` is propogated, allowing context variables from the main thread to be accessed in the separate thread. Return a coroutine that can be awaited to get the eventual result of *func*. """ loop = events.get_running_loop() ctx = contextvars.copy_context() func_call = functools.partial(ctx.run, func, *args, **kwargs) return await loop.run_in_executor(None, func_call)