uasyncio: Add test showing I/O scheduling starvation.

peterhinch · pfalcon · commit 65605e3de856 · 2017-08-20T16:36:15.000+03:00
If there is a coroutine to run immediately (with wait delay &lt;= 0),
uasyncio.core never calls .wait() method, which is required to
process I/O events (and schedule coroutines waiting for them).

This test demonstrates the problem.
diff --git a/uasyncio/test_io_starve.py b/uasyncio/test_io_starve.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+try:
+    import uasyncio as asyncio
+except:
+    import asyncio
+
+try:
+    import utime as time
+except:
+    import time
+
+done = False
+
+async def receiver():
+    global done
+    with open('test_io_starve.py', 'rb') as f:
+        sreader = asyncio.StreamReader(f)
+        while True:
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+            res = await sreader.readline()
+            # Didn't get there with the original problem this test shows
+            done = True
+
+
+async def foo():
+    start = time.time()
+    while time.time() - start < 1:
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+    loop.stop()
+
+loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+loop.create_task(foo())
+loop.create_task(receiver())
+loop.run_forever()
+assert done
+print('OK')
