probably the most common misconception about asnycio is that it lets you run any task in parallel - sidestepping the GIL (global interpreter lock) and therefore execute blocking jobs in parallel (on separate threads). it does not!
asyncio (and libraries that are built to collaborate with asyncio) b...
This example uses the asyncio SSE library: https://github.com/brutasse/asyncio-sse
import asyncio
import sse
class Handler(sse.Handler):
@asyncio.coroutine
def handle_request(self):
yield from asyncio.sleep(2)
self.send('foo')
yield from asyncio.sleep(2)
...
