synapse-product/synapse/util/async.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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from twisted.internet import defer, reactor


def sleep(seconds):
    d = defer.Deferred()
    reactor.callLater(seconds, d.callback, seconds)
    return d


def run_on_reactor():
    """ This will cause the rest of the function to be invoked upon the next
    iteration of the main loop
    """
    return sleep(0)