import asyncio
from threading import Thread
import time

now = lambda: time.time()
print('start',now())

def start_loop(loop):
    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
    loop.run_forever()

async def do_some_work(x):
    print('Waiting {}'.format(x))
    await asyncio.sleep(x)
    print('Done after {}s'.format(x))
    print(x,now())
    return x

async def more_work(x):
    print('More work {}'.format(x))
    # time.sleep(x)
    await asyncio.sleep(x)
    print('Finished more work {}'.format(x))
    print(x,now())

start = now()
new_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
t = Thread(target=start_loop, args=(new_loop,))
t.start()
i=1
while i<2:
    a=asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(do_some_work(i), new_loop)
    i+=1
    # print('result is:',a._state,a.result())