Run Python synchronous functions in an asynchronous manner

run-sync-code-asyncly.py

import time, asyncio

def stuff(arg1, arg2):
  # Doing IO
  pass

async def async_stuff():
  loop = asyncio.get_event_loop() # get the default event loop
  loop.run_in_executor(None, stuff, param1, param2)
  
if __name__ == '__main__':
  loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
  try:
    # Use gather to run the coroutines concurrently
    loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(async_stuff(), async_stuff(), async_stuff()))
  finally:
    loop.close()
    
""" For Python 3.7+
if __name__ == '__main__':
  asyncio.run(asyncio.gather(async_stuff(), async_stuff(), async_stuff()))
"""