https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a4f422521337d3310b71bb081c195e64c2035bbb commit: a4f422521337d3310b71bb081c195e64c2035bbb branch: main author: Alexander Nordin <[email protected]> committer: ZeroIntensity <[email protected]> date: 2025-11-24T14:08:49Z summary:
gh-138199: Address potential confusion regarding threading in the `asyncio` HOWTO (GH-138200) files: M Doc/howto/a-conceptual-overview-of-asyncio.rst diff --git a/Doc/howto/a-conceptual-overview-of-asyncio.rst b/Doc/howto/a-conceptual-overview-of-asyncio.rst index 6800a24bc9565d..3adfedbf410ecc 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/a-conceptual-overview-of-asyncio.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/a-conceptual-overview-of-asyncio.rst @@ -175,9 +175,12 @@ Creating a task automatically schedules it for execution (by adding a callback to run it in the event loop's to-do list, that is, collection of jobs). The recommended way to create tasks is via :func:`asyncio.create_task`. -Since there's only one event loop (in each thread), :mod:`!asyncio` takes -care of associating the task with the event loop for you. -As such, there's no need to specify the event loop. +:mod:`!asyncio` automatically associates tasks with the event loop for you. +This automatic association was purposely designed into :mod:`!asyncio` for +the sake of simplicity. +Without it, you'd have to keep track of the event loop object and pass it to +any coroutine function that wants to create tasks, adding redundant clutter +to your code. :: _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
