Python Asyncio Wait Event With Timeout

Feb 21, 2021
try:  await asyncio.wait_for(event.wait(), timeout=1)  print('end')except asyncio.TimeoutError:  print('wait ...')

Full example

import asyncioasync def child(event):  await asyncio.sleep(10)async def parent(event):  while True:    try:      await asyncio.wait_for(event.wait(), timeout=1)      print('child END')      break    except asyncio.TimeoutError:      print('wait ...')async def main():  event = asyncio.Event()  tasks = [parent(event), child(event)]  await asyncio.gather(*tasks)asyncio.run(main())

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