How to support asynchronous functions?

Much of the distributed codebase should probably be tested with `async def` functions. Does anyone have experience here? A quick web search doesn't list much.

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by examining how this repository runs ASV benchmarks and how distributed code is tested, then define the scope for async def support and validate it with representative asynchronous benchmarks.

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