CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

python async await run thread

import asyncio

async def get_some_values_from_io():
    # Some IO code which returns a list of values
    ...

vals = []

async def fetcher():
    while True:
        io_vals = await get_some_values_from_io()

        for val in io_vals:
            vals.append(io_vals)

async def monitor():
    while True:
        print (len(vals))

        await asyncio.sleep(1)

async def main():
    t1 = asyncio.create_task(fetcher())
    t2 = asyncio.create_task(monitor())
    await asyncio.gather(t1, t2)

asyncio.run(main())