Tornado for python 2.7 requires asyncio which is python 3+ only

Question

I started using gremlinclient which needs to be Tornado for websockets. However Tornado uses asyncio module which requires Python 3+. Considering Tornado is Python 2.7 compatible I'm not sure how I'm supposed to get asyncio working with it.

What am I missing? How can I resolve this?

Answer 1

Tornado can run on asyncio's IOLoop, but it is not required to. It is not in requirements of Tornado (even 4.3), you should install it with no problems. Even though asyncio has been ported to python 2.7 - trollius.

Btw I am using Tornado on 2.7 without asyncio/trollius.