Wait for stuff, concurrent

wait_for_stuff_concurent.py

import asyncio
import time

async def wait_for_stuff():
    start = time.time()
    futures = []
    for i in range(0, 5):
        futures.append(asyncio.sleep(1))

    await asyncio.wait(futures)

    print('Time elapsed: %d seconds' % int(time.time() - start))

try:
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(wait_for_stuff())
finally:
    loop.close()