bitnom · October 19, 2020 08:43 · Oct 19, 2020
diff --git a/asyncio.to_thread.py b/asyncio.to_thread.py
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+def blocking_io():
+    print(f"start blocking_io at {time.strftime('%X')}")
+    # Note that time.sleep() can be replaced with any blocking
+    # IO-bound operation, such as file operations.
+    time.sleep(1)
+    print(f"blocking_io complete at {time.strftime('%X')}")
+
+async def main():
+    print(f"started main at {time.strftime('%X')}")
+
+    await asyncio.gather(
+        asyncio.to_thread(blocking_io),
+        asyncio.sleep(1))
+
+    print(f"finished main at {time.strftime('%X')}")
+
+
+asyncio.run(main())
+
+# Expected output:
+#
+# started main at 19:50:53
+# start blocking_io at 19:50:53
+# blocking_io complete at 19:50:54
+# finished main at 19:50:54