def autoasync(coro=None, *, loop=None, forever=False, pass_loop=False):
    '''
    Convert an asyncio coroutine into a function which, when called, is
    evaluted in an event loop, and the return value returned. This is intented
    to make it easy to write entry points into asyncio coroutines, which
    otherwise need to be explictly evaluted with an event loop's
    run_until_complete.

    If `loop` is given, it is used as the event loop to run the coro in. If it
    is None (the default), the loop is retreived using asyncio.get_event_loop.
    This call is defered until the decorated function is called, so that
    callers can install custom event loops or event loop policies after
    @autoasync is applied.

    If `forever` is True, the loop is run forever after the decorated coroutine
    is finished. Use this for servers created with asyncio.start_server and the
    like.

    If `pass_loop` is True, the event loop object is passed into the coroutine
    as the `loop` kwarg when the wrapper function is called. In this case, the
    wrapper function's __signature__ is updated to remove this parameter, so
    that autoparse can still be used on it without generating a parameter for
    `loop`.

    This coroutine can be called with ( @autoasync(...) ) or without
    ( @autoasync ) arguments.

    Examples:

    @autoasync
    def get_file(host, port):
        reader, writer = yield from asyncio.open_connection(host, port)
        data = reader.read()
        sys.stdout.write(data.decode())

    get_file(host, port)

    @autoasync(forever=True, pass_loop=True)
    def server(host, port, loop):
        yield_from loop.create_server(Proto, host, port)

    server('localhost', 8899)

    '''
    if coro is None:
        return lambda c: autoasync(
            c, loop=loop,
            forever=forever,
            pass_loop=pass_loop)

    # The old and new signatures are required to correctly bind the loop
    # parameter in 100% of cases, even if it's a positional parameter.
    # NOTE: A future release will probably require the loop parameter to be
    # a kwonly parameter.
    if pass_loop:
        old_sig = signature(coro)
        new_sig = old_sig.replace(parameters=(
            param for name, param in old_sig.parameters.items()
            if name != "loop"))

    @wraps(coro)
    def autoasync_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        # Defer the call to get_event_loop so that, if a custom policy is
        # installed after the autoasync decorator, it is respected at call time
        local_loop = get_event_loop() if loop is None else loop

        # Inject the 'loop' argument. We have to use this signature binding to
        # ensure it's injected in the correct place (positional, keyword, etc)
        if pass_loop:
            bound_args = old_sig.bind_partial()
            bound_args.arguments.update(
                loop=local_loop,
                **new_sig.bind(*args, **kwargs).arguments)
            args, kwargs = bound_args.args, bound_args.kwargs

        if forever:
            _launch_forever_coro(coro, args, kwargs, local_loop)
            local_loop.run_forever()
        else:
            return local_loop.run_until_complete(coro(*args, **kwargs))

    # Attach the updated signature. This allows 'pass_loop' to be used with
    # autoparse
    if pass_loop:
        autoasync_wrapper.__signature__ = new_sig

    return autoasync_wrapper