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Comprehensions & generators medium

How to Send Values into a Python Generator Coroutine

Use the .send() method to pass values into a running generator coroutine and capture them.

generators coroutines yield
Python
def coroutine():
    received = []
    while True:
        value = yield
        received.append(value)
        print(f"Coroutine received: {value}")
        if value == "stop":
            break
    return received

if __name__ == "__main__":
    gen = coroutine()
    next(gen)  # Prime the generator
    gen.send("he…
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Concurrency & performance medium

How to Run Coroutines Concurrently with asyncio.gather in Python

Run multiple async coroutines concurrently and collect their results in the order they were passed.

asyncio concurrency gather
Python
import asyncio


async def fetch_data(name: str, delay: float) -> str:
    """Simulate an async operation (e.g., API call) with a delay."""
    await asyncio.sleep(delay)
    return f"{name} data (after {delay}s)"


async def main() -> None:
    """Run multiple coroutines concurrently with asyncio.gather."""
    resul…
14 0 Open
Concurrency & performance medium

How to Use asyncio Lock to Protect a Shared Counter in Python

This code demonstrates how to use an asyncio.Lock to safely increment a shared counter from multiple concurrent coroutines.

asyncio lock concurrency
Python
import asyncio

async def increment(counter, lock, increments):
    for _ in range(increments):
        async with lock:
            counter[0] += 1

async def main():
    counter = [0]
    lock = asyncio.Lock()
    tasks = [
        increment(counter, lock, 1000)
        for _ in range(5)
    ]
    await asyncio.gath…
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Concurrency & performance medium

Limit Concurrency with asyncio.Semaphore in Python

Use asyncio.Semaphore to cap how many async tasks run at once, throttling a batch of coroutines to a set concurrency limit.

asyncio concurrency semaphore
Python
import asyncio
import random


async def fetch_data(i: int, semaphore: asyncio.Semaphore) -> str:
    async with semaphore:
        print(f"Task {i} starts")
        await asyncio.sleep(random.uniform(0.1, 0.5))
        print(f"Task {i} finishes")
        return f"Result {i}"


async def main() -> None:
    semaphore …
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Concurrency & performance medium

asyncio Condition wait notify pattern in Python

Coordinate coroutines with asyncio.Condition: workers wait for notifications and the main task notifies one or all of them.

asyncio concurrency synchronization
Python
import asyncio


async def worker(condition, name):
    async with condition:
        print(f"{name} waiting...")
        await condition.wait()
        print(f"{name} notified!")


async def main():
    condition = asyncio.Condition()
    tasks = [asyncio.create_task(worker(condition, f"worker-{i}")) for i in range(3…
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