tractor/examples/asynchronous_generators.py

from itertools import repeat
import trio
import tractor

tractor.log.get_console_log("INFO")


async def stream_forever():
    for i in repeat("I can see these little future bubble things"):
        # each yielded value is sent over the ``Channel`` to the
        # parent actor
        yield i
        await trio.sleep(0.01)


async def main():
    # stream for at most 1 seconds
    with trio.move_on_after(1) as cancel_scope:
        async with tractor.open_nursery() as n:
            portal = await n.start_actor(
                f'donny',
                rpc_module_paths=[__name__],
            )

            # this async for loop streams values from the above
            # async generator running in a separate process
            async for letter in await portal.run(stream_forever):
                print(letter)

    # we support trio's cancellation system
    assert cancel_scope.cancelled_caught
    assert n.cancelled


if __name__ == '__main__':
    tractor.run(main)