How can I await inside future-like object's __await__?

Question

PEP 0492 adds new __await__ magic method. Object that implements this method becomes future-like object and can be awaited using await. It

Answer 1

Use direct __await__() call:

async def new_sleep():
    await asyncio.sleep(2)

class Waiting:
    def __await__(self):
        return new_sleep().__await__()

The solution was recommended by Yury Selivanov (the author of PEP 492) for aioodbc library