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 How to test with uvloop
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-Redefinig the *event_loop_policy* fixture will parametrize all async tests. The following example causes all async tests to run multiple times, once for each event loop in the fixture parameters:
+Redefining the *event_loop_policy* fixture will parametrize all async tests. The following example causes all async tests to run multiple times, once for each event loop in the fixture parameters:
 Replace the default event loop policy in your *conftest.py:*
 
 .. code-block:: python