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The prompt_toolkit module allows displaying output while simultaneously waiting for input without breaking the input line. Here's an example from the developer:

import asyncio

from prompt_toolkit.patch_stdout import patch_stdout
from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts import PromptSession


async def print_counter():
    """
    Coroutine that prints counters.
    """
    try:
        i = 0
        while True:
            print(f"Counter: {i}")
            i += 1
            await asyncio.sleep(3)
    except asyncio.CancelledError:
        print("Background task cancelled.")


async def interactive_shell():
    """
    Like `interactive_shell`, but doing things manual.
    """
    # Create Prompt.
    session = PromptSession("Say something: ")

    # Run echo loop. Read text from stdin, and reply it back.
    while True:
        try:
            result = await session.prompt_async()
            print(f'You said: "{result}"')
        except (EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt):
            return


async def main():
    with patch_stdout():
        background_task = asyncio.create_task(print_counter())
        try:
            await interactive_shell()
        finally:
            background_task.cancel()
        print("Quitting event loop. Bye.")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

I want to know if there are other modules capable of something similar? So far, I only know this module as the only one capable

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