# spinner_async_experiment.py # credits: Example by Luciano Ramalho inspired by # Michele Simionato's multiprocessing example in the python-list: # https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-February/675659.html import asyncio import itertools import primes async def spin(msg: str) -> None: for char in itertools.cycle(r'\|/-'): status = f'\r{char} {msg}' print(status, flush=True, end='') try: await asyncio.sleep(.1) except asyncio.CancelledError: break print('THIS WILL NEVER BE OUTPUT') async def check(n: int) -> int: return primes.is_prime(n) # <4> async def supervisor(n: int) -> int: spinner = asyncio.create_task(spin('thinking!')) # <1> print('spinner object:', spinner) # <2> result = await check(n) # <3> spinner.cancel() # <5> return result # end::SPINNER_ASYNC_EXPERIMENT[] def main() -> None: n = 5_000_111_000_222_021 result = asyncio.run(supervisor(n)) msg = 'is' if result else 'is not' print(f'{n:,} {msg} prime') if __name__ == '__main__': main()