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+"""High-level support for working with threads in asyncio"""
+
+import functools
+
+from . import events
+
+
+__all__ = "to_thread",
+
+
+async def to_thread(func, /, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Asynchronously run function *func* in a separate thread.
+
+    Any *args and **kwargs supplied for this function are directly passed
+    to *func*.
+
+    Return an asyncio.Future which represents the eventual result of *func*.
+    """
+    loop = events.get_running_loop()
+    func_call = functools.partial(func, *args, **kwargs)
+    return await loop.run_in_executor(None, func_call)