Is there any way to specify the type of event loop for the asyncio REPL in Python?

I'm working on some networking code in Python that uses the asyncio module and I like to use the Python REPL from -m asyncio a lot for testing examples. What I've noticed though is the default event loop type for the asyncio REPL changes depending on the OS. For example, on Linux it uses the Selector Event Loop while on Windows it uses Proactor.

My question is this:

1. Is there any way to specify what event loop asyncio REPL uses (without having to patch the module yourself which works obviously.)
2. Follow up question -- if there isn't -- is there perhaps a way to replace a running event loop in a thread with another type of event loop?

Let me know what your thoughts are.