[Python-checkins] gh-92223: Remove pre-Python 3.7 alternative in asyncio docs (GH-92224)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d82a769a1ded6dfa702800c83a68d051299b01fc
commit: d82a769a1ded6dfa702800c83a68d051299b01fc
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-05-04T17:36:04-07:00
summary:
gh-92223: Remove pre-Python 3.7 alternative in asyncio docs (GH-92224)
(cherry picked from commit d1b2e989be2bc5128d6602e4f370d0ee6f5ac476)
Co-authored-by: Sebastian Rittau <srittau at rittau.biz>
files:
M Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index 38b12e44b6de2..7c12e2eda1c4c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Coroutines
:term:`Coroutines <coroutine>` declared with the async/await syntax is the
preferred way of writing asyncio applications. For example, the following
-snippet of code (requires Python 3.7+) prints "hello", waits 1 second,
+snippet of code prints "hello", waits 1 second,
and then prints "world"::
>>> import asyncio
@@ -259,21 +259,6 @@ Creating Tasks
:exc:`RuntimeError` is raised if there is no running loop in
current thread.
- This function has been **added in Python 3.7**. Prior to
- Python 3.7, the low-level :func:`asyncio.ensure_future` function
- can be used instead::
-
- async def coro():
- ...
-
- # In Python 3.7+
- task = asyncio.create_task(coro())
- ...
-
- # This works in all Python versions but is less readable
- task = asyncio.ensure_future(coro())
- ...
-
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