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+"""Event loop abstraction subpackage.
+
+Tries to use pyuv as a backend, falling back to the asyncio implementation.
+"""
+
+from pynvim.compat import IS_PYTHON3
+
+# on python3 we only support asyncio, as we expose it to plugins
+if IS_PYTHON3:
+ from pynvim.msgpack_rpc.event_loop.asyncio import AsyncioEventLoop
+ EventLoop = AsyncioEventLoop
+else:
+ try:
+ # libuv is fully implemented in C, use it when available
+ from pynvim.msgpack_rpc.event_loop.uv import UvEventLoop
+ EventLoop = UvEventLoop
+ except ImportError:
+ # asyncio(trollius on python 2) is pure python and should be more
+ # portable across python implementations
+ from pynvim.msgpack_rpc.event_loop.asyncio import AsyncioEventLoop
+ EventLoop = AsyncioEventLoop
+
+
+__all__ = ('EventLoop')