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+"""
+Miscellaneous Utilities
+
+This module provides asyncio utilities and compatibility wrappers for
+Python 3.6 to provide some features that otherwise become available in
+Python 3.7+.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import sys
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Coroutine,
+    Optional,
+    TypeVar,
+)
+
+
+T = TypeVar('T')
+
+
+# -------------------------------
+# Section: Compatibility Wrappers
+# -------------------------------
+
+
+def create_task(coro: Coroutine[Any, Any, T],
+                loop: Optional[asyncio.AbstractEventLoop] = None
+                ) -> 'asyncio.Future[T]':
+    """
+    Python 3.6-compatible `asyncio.create_task` wrapper.
+
+    :param coro: The coroutine to execute in a task.
+    :param loop: Optionally, the loop to create the task in.
+
+    :return: An `asyncio.Future` object.
+    """
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+        if loop is not None:
+            return loop.create_task(coro)
+        return asyncio.create_task(coro)  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+    # Python 3.6:
+    return asyncio.ensure_future(coro, loop=loop)
+
+
+def is_closing(writer: asyncio.StreamWriter) -> bool:
+    """
+    Python 3.6-compatible `asyncio.StreamWriter.is_closing` wrapper.
+
+    :param writer: The `asyncio.StreamWriter` object.
+    :return: `True` if the writer is closing, or closed.
+    """
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+        return writer.is_closing()
+
+    # Python 3.6:
+    transport = writer.transport
+    assert isinstance(transport, asyncio.WriteTransport)
+    return transport.is_closing()
+
+
+async def wait_closed(writer: asyncio.StreamWriter) -> None:
+    """
+    Python 3.6-compatible `asyncio.StreamWriter.wait_closed` wrapper.
+
+    :param writer: The `asyncio.StreamWriter` to wait on.
+    """
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+        await writer.wait_closed()
+        return
+
+    # Python 3.6
+    transport = writer.transport
+    assert isinstance(transport, asyncio.WriteTransport)
+
+    while not transport.is_closing():
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+
+    # This is an ugly workaround, but it's the best I can come up with.
+    sock = transport.get_extra_info('socket')
+
+    if sock is None:
+        # Our transport doesn't have a socket? ...
+        # Nothing we can reasonably do.
+        return
+
+    while sock.fileno() != -1:
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)