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3 | 3 | Asynchronous in REPL: Autoawait |
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4 | 4 | =============================== |
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5 | 5 | |
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6 | 6 | .. note:: |
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8 | 8 | This feature is experimental and behavior can change between python and |
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9 | 9 | IPython version without prior deprecation. |
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10 | 10 | |
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11 | 11 | Starting with IPython 7.0, and when user Python 3.6 and above, IPython offer the |
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12 | 12 | ability to run asynchronous code from the REPL. Constructs which are |
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13 | 13 | :exc:`SyntaxError` s in the Python REPL can be used seamlessly in IPython. |
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14 | 14 | |
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15 | 15 | The example given here are for terminal IPython, running async code in a |
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notebook interface or any other frontend using the Jupyter protocol need |
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16 | notebook interface or any other frontend using the Jupyter protocol needs | |
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17 | 17 | IPykernel version 5.0 or above. The details of how async code runs in |
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18 | 18 | IPykernel will differ between IPython, IPykernel and their versions. |
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19 | 19 | |
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20 | 20 | When a supported library is used, IPython will automatically allow Futures and |
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21 | 21 | Coroutines in the REPL to be ``await`` ed. This will happen if an :ref:`await |
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22 | 22 | <await>` (or any other async constructs like async-with, async-for) is use at |
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23 | 23 | top level scope, or if any structure valid only in `async def |
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24 | 24 | <https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html#async-def>`_ function |
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25 | 25 | context are present. For example, the following being a syntax error in the |
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26 | 26 | Python REPL:: |
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27 | 27 | |
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28 | 28 | Python 3.6.0 |
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29 | 29 | [GCC 4.2.1] |
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30 | 30 | Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. |
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31 | 31 | >>> import aiohttp |
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32 | 32 | >>> result = aiohttp.get('https://api.github.com') |
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33 | 33 | >>> response = await result |
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34 | 34 | File "<stdin>", line 1 |
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35 | 35 | response = await result |
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36 | 36 | ^ |
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37 | 37 | SyntaxError: invalid syntax |
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38 | 38 | |
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39 | 39 | Should behave as expected in the IPython REPL:: |
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40 | 40 | |
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41 | 41 | Python 3.6.0 |
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42 | 42 | Type 'copyright', 'credits' or 'license' for more information |
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43 | 43 | IPython 7.0.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help. |
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44 | 44 | |
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45 | 45 | In [1]: import aiohttp |
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46 | 46 | ...: result = aiohttp.get('https://api.github.com') |
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47 | 47 | |
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48 | 48 | In [2]: response = await result |
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49 | 49 | <pause for a few 100s ms> |
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50 | 50 | |
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51 | 51 | In [3]: await response.json() |
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52 | 52 | Out[3]: |
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53 | 53 | {'authorizations_url': 'https://api.github.com/authorizations', |
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54 | 54 | 'code_search_url': 'https://api.github.com/search/code?q={query}...', |
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55 | 55 | ... |
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56 | 56 | } |
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57 | 57 | |
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58 | 58 | |
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59 | 59 | You can use the ``c.InteractiveShell.autoawait`` configuration option and set it |
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to :any:`False` to deactivate automatic wrapping of asynchronous code. You can |
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61 | use the :magic:`%autoawait` magic to toggle the behavior at runtime:: | |
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60 | to :any:`False` to deactivate automatic wrapping of asynchronous code. You can | |
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61 | also use the :magic:`%autoawait` magic to toggle the behavior at runtime:: | |
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62 | 62 | |
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63 | 63 | In [1]: %autoawait False |
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64 | 64 | |
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65 | 65 | In [2]: %autoawait |
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66 | 66 | IPython autoawait is `Off`, and set to use `asyncio` |
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67 | 67 | |
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68 | 68 | |
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69 | 69 | |
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70 | 70 | By default IPython will assume integration with Python's provided |
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71 | 71 | :mod:`asyncio`, but integration with other libraries is provided. In particular |
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72 | 72 | we provide experimental integration with the ``curio`` and ``trio`` library. |
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73 | 73 | |
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74 | 74 | You can switch current integration by using the |
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75 | 75 | ``c.InteractiveShell.loop_runner`` option or the ``autoawait <name |
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76 | 76 | integration>`` magic. |
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77 | 77 | |
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78 | 78 | For example:: |
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79 | 79 | |
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80 | 80 | In [1]: %autoawait trio |
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81 | 81 | |
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82 | 82 | In [2]: import trio |
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83 | 83 | |
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84 | 84 | In [3]: async def child(i): |
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85 | 85 | ...: print(" child %s goes to sleep"%i) |
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86 | 86 | ...: await trio.sleep(2) |
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87 | 87 | ...: print(" child %s wakes up"%i) |
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88 | 88 | |
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89 | 89 | In [4]: print('parent start') |
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90 | 90 | ...: async with trio.open_nursery() as n: |
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91 | 91 | ...: for i in range(5): |
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92 | 92 | ...: n.spawn(child, i) |
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93 | 93 | ...: print('parent end') |
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94 | 94 | parent start |
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95 | 95 | child 2 goes to sleep |
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96 | 96 | child 0 goes to sleep |
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97 | 97 | child 3 goes to sleep |
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98 | 98 | child 1 goes to sleep |
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99 | 99 | child 4 goes to sleep |
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100 | 100 | <about 2 seconds pause> |
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101 | 101 | child 2 wakes up |
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102 | 102 | child 1 wakes up |
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103 | 103 | child 0 wakes up |
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104 | 104 | child 3 wakes up |
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105 | 105 | child 4 wakes up |
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106 | 106 | parent end |
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107 | 107 | |
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108 | 108 | |
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109 | 109 | In the above example, ``async with`` at top level scope is a syntax error in |
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110 | 110 | Python. |
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111 | 111 | |
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112 | 112 | Using this mode can have unexpected consequences if used in interaction with |
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other features of IPython and various registered extensions. In particular if |
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are a direct or indirect user of the AST transformers, these may not apply |
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115 | your code. | |
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113 | other features of IPython and various registered extensions. In particular if | |
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114 | you are a direct or indirect user of the AST transformers, these may not apply | |
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115 | to your code. | |
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116 | 116 | |
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117 | 117 | When using command line IPython, the default loop (or runner) does not process |
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118 | 118 | in the background, so top level asynchronous code must finish for the REPL to |
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119 | 119 | allow you to enter more code. As with usual Python semantic, the awaitables are |
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120 | 120 | started only when awaited for the first time. That is to say, in first example, |
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121 | 121 | no network request is done between ``In[1]`` and ``In[2]``. |
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122 | 122 | |
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123 | 123 | |
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124 | 124 | Effects on IPython.embed() |
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125 | 125 | ========================== |
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126 | 126 | |
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127 | 127 | IPython core being asynchronous, the use of ``IPython.embed()`` will now require |
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128 | 128 | a loop to run. By default IPython will use a fake coroutine runner which should |
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129 | 129 | allow ``IPython.embed()`` to be nested. Though this will prevent usage of the |
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130 | 130 | ``autoawait`` feature when using IPython embed. |
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131 | 131 | |
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132 | 132 | You can set explicitly a coroutine runner for ``embed()`` if you desire to run |
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133 | 133 | asynchronous code, the exact behavior is though undefined. |
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134 | 134 | |
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135 | 135 | Effects on Magics |
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136 | 136 | ================= |
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137 | 137 | |
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138 | 138 | A couple of magics (``%%timeit``, ``%timeit``, ``%%time``, ``%%prun``) have not |
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139 | 139 | yet been updated to work with asynchronous code and will raise syntax errors |
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140 | 140 | when trying to use top-level ``await``. We welcome any contribution to help fix |
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141 | 141 | those, and extra cases we haven't caught yet. We hope for better support in Cor |
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142 | 142 | Python for top-level Async code. |
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143 | 143 | |
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144 | 144 | Internals |
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145 | 145 | ========= |
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146 | 146 | |
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147 | 147 | As running asynchronous code is not supported in interactive REPL (as of Python |
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148 | 148 | 3.7) we have to rely to a number of complex workaround and heuristic to allow |
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149 | 149 | this to happen. It is interesting to understand how this works in order to |
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150 | 150 | comprehend potential bugs, or provide a custom runner. |
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151 | 151 | |
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152 | 152 | Among the many approaches that are at our disposition, we find only one that |
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153 | 153 | suited out need. Under the hood we use the code object from a async-def function |
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154 | 154 | and run it in global namespace after modifying it to not create a new |
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155 | 155 | ``locals()`` scope:: |
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156 | 156 | |
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157 | 157 | async def inner_async(): |
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158 | 158 | locals().update(**global_namespace) |
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159 | 159 | # |
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160 | 160 | # here is user code |
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161 | 161 | # |
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162 | 162 | return last_user_statement |
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163 | 163 | codeobj = modify(inner_async.__code__) |
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164 | 164 | coroutine = eval(codeobj, user_ns) |
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165 | 165 | display(loop_runner(coroutine)) |
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166 | 166 | |
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167 | 167 | |
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168 | 168 | |
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169 | 169 | The first thing you'll notice is that unlike classical ``exec``, there is only |
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170 | 170 | one namespace. Second, user code runs in a function scope, and not a module |
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171 | 171 | scope. |
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172 | 172 | |
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173 | 173 | On top of the above there are significant modification to the AST of |
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174 | 174 | ``function``, and ``loop_runner`` can be arbitrary complex. So there is a |
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175 | 175 | significant overhead to this kind of code. |
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176 | 176 | |
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177 | 177 | By default the generated coroutine function will be consumed by Asyncio's |
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178 | 178 | ``loop_runner = asyncio.get_evenloop().run_until_complete()`` method if |
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179 | 179 | ``async`` mode is deemed necessary, otherwise the coroutine will just be |
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180 | 180 | exhausted in a simple runner. It is though possible to change the default |
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181 | 181 | runner. |
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182 | 182 | |
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183 | 183 | A loop runner is a *synchronous* function responsible from running a coroutine |
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184 | 184 | object. |
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185 | 185 | |
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186 | 186 | The runner is responsible from ensuring that ``coroutine`` run to completion, |
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187 | 187 | and should return the result of executing the coroutine. Let's write a |
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188 | 188 | runner for ``trio`` that print a message when used as an exercise, ``trio`` is |
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189 | 189 | special as it usually prefer to run a function object and make a coroutine by |
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190 | 190 | itself, we can get around this limitation by wrapping it in an async-def without |
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191 | 191 | parameters and passing this value to ``trio``:: |
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192 | 192 | |
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193 | 193 | |
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194 | 194 | In [1]: import trio |
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195 | 195 | ...: from types import CoroutineType |
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196 | 196 | ...: |
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197 | 197 | ...: def trio_runner(coro:CoroutineType): |
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198 | 198 | ...: print('running asynchronous code') |
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199 | 199 | ...: async def corowrap(coro): |
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200 | 200 | ...: return await coro |
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201 | 201 | ...: return trio.run(corowrap, coro) |
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202 | 202 | |
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203 | 203 | We can set it up by passing it to ``%autoawait``:: |
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204 | 204 | |
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205 | 205 | In [2]: %autoawait trio_runner |
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206 | 206 | |
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207 | 207 | In [3]: async def async_hello(name): |
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208 | 208 | ...: await trio.sleep(1) |
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209 | 209 | ...: print(f'Hello {name} world !') |
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210 | 210 | ...: await trio.sleep(1) |
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211 | 211 | |
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212 | 212 | In [4]: await async_hello('async') |
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213 | 213 | running asynchronous code |
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214 | 214 | Hello async world ! |
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215 | 215 | |
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216 | 216 | |
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217 | 217 | Asynchronous programming in python (and in particular in the REPL) is still a |
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218 | 218 | relatively young subject. We expect some code to not behave as you expect, so |
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219 | 219 | feel free to contribute improvements to this codebase and give us feedback. |
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220 | 220 | |
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221 | 221 | We invite you to thoroughly test this feature and report any unexpected behavior |
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222 | 222 | as well as propose any improvement. |
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223 | 223 | |
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224 | 224 | Using Autoawait in a notebook (IPykernel) |
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225 | 225 | ========================================= |
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226 | 226 | |
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227 | 227 | Update ipykernel to version 5.0 or greater:: |
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228 | 228 | |
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229 | 229 | pip install ipykernel ipython --upgrade |
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230 | 230 | # or |
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231 | 231 | conda install ipykernel ipython --upgrade |
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232 | 232 | |
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233 | 233 | This should automatically enable ``autoawait`` integration. Unlike terminal |
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234 | IPython all code run on ``asynio`` eventloop, so creating a loop by hand will | |
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235 | not work, including with magics like ``%run`` or other framework that create | |
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`nest_asyncio <https://github.com/erdewit/nest_asyncio>`_ and see discussion |
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234 | IPython, all code runs on ``asynio`` eventloop, so creating a loop by hand will | |
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235 | not work, including with magics like ``%run`` or other frameworks that create | |
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236 | the eventloop themselves. In case like theses you can try to use projects like | |
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237 | `nest_asyncio <https://github.com/erdewit/nest_asyncio>`_ and see discussion | |
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238 | like `this one | |
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238 | 239 | <https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/issues/3397#issuecomment-419386811>`_ |
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239 | 240 | |
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240 | 241 | Difference between terminal IPython and IPykernel |
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241 | 242 | ================================================= |
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242 | 243 | |
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244 | The exact asynchronous code running behavior varies between Terminal IPython and | |
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245 | IPykernel. The root cause of this behavior is due to IPykernel having a | |
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246 | _persistent_ ``asyncio`` loop running, while Terminal IPython starts and stop a | |
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247 | loop for each code block. This can lead to surprising behavior in some case if | |
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248 | you are used to manipulate asyncio loop yourself, see for example | |
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248 | 249 | :ghissue:`11303` for a longer discussion but here are some of the astonishing |
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249 | 250 | cases. |
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250 | 251 | |
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251 | This behavior is an implementation detail, and should not be relied upon. It | |
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252 | This behavior is an implementation detail, and should not be relied upon. It can | |
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253 | change without warnings in future versions of IPython. | |
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253 | 254 | |
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254 | 255 | In terminal IPython a loop is started for each code blocks only if there is top |
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255 | 256 | level async code:: |
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256 | 257 | |
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257 | 258 | $ ipython |
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258 | 259 | In [1]: import asyncio |
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259 | 260 | ...: asyncio.get_event_loop() |
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260 | 261 | Out[1]: <_UnixSelectorEventLoop running=False closed=False debug=False> |
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261 | 262 | |
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262 | 263 | In [2]: |
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263 | 264 | |
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264 | 265 | In [2]: import asyncio |
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265 | 266 | ...: await asyncio.sleep(0) |
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266 | 267 | ...: asyncio.get_event_loop() |
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267 | 268 | Out[2]: <_UnixSelectorEventLoop running=True closed=False debug=False> |
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268 | 269 | |
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269 | 270 | See that ``running`` is ``True`` only in the case were we ``await sleep()`` |
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270 | 271 | |
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271 | 272 | In a Notebook, with ipykernel the asyncio eventloop is always running:: |
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272 | 273 | |
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273 | 274 | $ jupyter notebook |
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274 | 275 | In [1]: import asyncio |
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275 | 276 | ...: loop1 = asyncio.get_event_loop() |
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276 | 277 | ...: loop1 |
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277 | 278 | Out[1]: <_UnixSelectorEventLoop running=True closed=False debug=False> |
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278 | 279 | |
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279 | 280 | In [2]: loop2 = asyncio.get_event_loop() |
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280 | 281 | ...: loop2 |
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281 | 282 | Out[2]: <_UnixSelectorEventLoop running=True closed=False debug=False> |
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282 | 283 | |
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283 | 284 | In [3]: loop1 is loop2 |
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284 | 285 | Out[3]: True |
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285 | 286 | |
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286 | In Terminal IPython background task are only processed while the foreground | |
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287 | In Terminal IPython background tasks are only processed while the foreground | |
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288 | task is running, if and only if the foreground task is async:: | |
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288 | 289 | |
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289 | 290 | $ ipython |
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290 | 291 | In [1]: import asyncio |
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291 | 292 | ...: |
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292 | 293 | ...: async def repeat(msg, n): |
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293 | 294 | ...: for i in range(n): |
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294 | 295 | ...: print(f"{msg} {i}") |
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295 | 296 | ...: await asyncio.sleep(1) |
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296 | 297 | ...: return f"{msg} done" |
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297 | 298 | ...: |
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298 | 299 | ...: asyncio.ensure_future(repeat("background", 10)) |
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299 | 300 | Out[1]: <Task pending coro=<repeat() running at <ipython-input-1-02d0ef250fe7>:3>> |
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300 | 301 | |
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301 | 302 | In [2]: await asyncio.sleep(3) |
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302 | 303 | background 0 |
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303 | 304 | background 1 |
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304 | 305 | background 2 |
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305 | 306 | background 3 |
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306 | 307 | |
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307 | 308 | In [3]: import time |
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308 | 309 | ...: time.sleep(5) |
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309 | 310 | |
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310 | 311 | In [4]: await asyncio.sleep(3) |
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311 | 312 | background 4 |
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312 | 313 | background 5 |
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313 | 314 | background 6 |
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314 | 315 | |
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315 | 316 | In a Notebook, QtConsole, or any other frontend using IPykernel, background |
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316 | task should behave as expected. | |
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317 | tasks should behave as expected. |
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