From 0e1bb6ab04e2825c20d29d43895f6591783cf28e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raphael Deem <raphael.deem@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 16:27:38 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add loop property

---
 sanic/sanic.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sanic/sanic.py b/sanic/sanic.py
index 951632be..2979fe4c 100644
--- a/sanic/sanic.py
+++ b/sanic/sanic.py
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ class Sanic:
         # Register alternative method names
         self.go_fast = self.run
 
+    @property
+    def loop(self):
+        """
+        Synonymous with asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        """
+        return get_event_loop()
+
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------- #
     # Registration
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@@ -459,7 +466,7 @@ class Sanic:
 
         self.error_handler.debug = debug
         self.debug = debug
-        self.loop = loop = get_event_loop()
+        loop = self.loop
 
         server_settings = {
             'protocol': protocol,