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Tip revision: 4b37228823fecb73fe70dc009e696a7805b0833f authored by Ethan Furman on 08 December 2020, 22:29:02 UTC
[3.9] [Enum] reformat and add doc strings (GH-23705). (GH-23707)
Tip revision: 4b37228
threads.py
"""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)
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