[Python] Automatic conversion of standard function into asynchronous function in Python

In most of the asynchronous coroutines I write, I only need to replace the function definition def func() -> async def func() and the sleep time.sleep(s) -> await asyncio.sleep(s).

Is it possible to convert a standard python function into an async function where all the time.sleep(s) is converted to await asyncio.sleep(s)?

Example


Performance during task
Measure performance during a task

import asyncio
import random

async def performance_during_task(task):
stop_event = asyncio.Event()

target_task = asyncio.create_task(task(stop_event))
perf_task = asyncio.create_task(measure_performance(stop_event))

await target_task
await perf_task

async def measure_performance(event):
while not event.is_set():
print('Performance: ', random.random())
await asyncio.sleep(.2)

if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(
performance_during_task(task)
)


Task
The task has to be defined with async def and await asyncio.sleep(s)

async def task(event):
for i in range(10):
print('Step: ', i)
await asyncio.sleep(.2)

event.set()


into ->

Easy task definition
To have others not worrying about async etc. I want them to be able to define a task normally (e.g. with a decorator?)

@as_async
def easy_task(event):
for i in range(10):
print('Step: ', i)
time.sleep(.2)

event.set()


So that it can be used as an async function with e.g. performance_during_task()

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