example4.py

# ch9/example1.py

from math import sqrt
import asyncio
from timeit import default_timer as timer

async def is_prime(x):
    print('Processing %i...' % x)

    if x < 2:
        print('%i is not a prime number.' % x)

    elif x == 2:
        print('%i is a prime number.' % x)

    elif x % 2 == 0:
        print('%i is not a prime number.' % x)

    else:
        limit = int(sqrt(x)) + 1
        for i in range(3, limit, 2):
            if x % i == 0:
                print('%i is not a prime number.' % x)
                return
            elif i % 100000 == 1:
                await asyncio.sleep(0)

        print('%i is a prime number.' % x)

async def main():

    task1 = loop.create_task(is_prime(9637529763296797))
    task2 = loop.create_task(is_prime(427920331))
    task3 = loop.create_task(is_prime(157))

    await asyncio.wait([task1, task2, task3])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        start = timer()
        loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
        loop.run_until_complete(main())
        print('Took %.2f seconds.' % (timer() - start))
    except Exception as e:
        print('There was a problem:')
        print(str(e))
    finally:
        loop.close()