## `async` and `await`

Modern versions of Python have a very intuitive way to define asynchronous code. This makes it look just like normal "sequential" code and do the "awaiting" for you at the right moments.

When there is an operation that will require waiting before giving the results and has support for these new Python features, you can code it like:

```Python

	return d.off - 1
}

// phasePanicMsg is used as a panic message when we end up with something that
// shouldn't happen. It can indicate a bug in the JSON decoder, or that
// something is editing the data slice while the decoder executes.
const phasePanicMsg = "JSON decoder out of sync - data changing underfoot?"

func (d *decodeState) init(data []byte) *decodeState {
	d.data = data
	d.off = 0