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| author | Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com> | 2020-10-12 13:52:30 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-10-12 13:52:30 (GMT) |
| commit | 8adf8d1ec45fe0d87e2312a13a3ec0b8ab03fea1 (patch) | |
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[doc] Remove mention of async and await as soft keywords (GH-22144)
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst index 04a3948..62986cb 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst @@ -768,10 +768,8 @@ Coroutine function definition keyword: await Execution of Python coroutines can be suspended and resumed at many points -(see :term:`coroutine`). Inside the body of a coroutine function, ``await`` and -``async`` identifiers become reserved keywords; :keyword:`await` expressions, -:keyword:`async for` and :keyword:`async with` can only be used in -coroutine function bodies. +(see :term:`coroutine`). :keyword:`await` expressions, :keyword:`async for` and +:keyword:`async with` can only be used in the body of a coroutine function. Functions defined with ``async def`` syntax are always coroutine functions, even if they do not contain ``await`` or ``async`` keywords. @@ -785,6 +783,9 @@ An example of a coroutine function:: do_stuff() await some_coroutine() +.. versionchanged:: 3.7 + ``await`` and ``async`` are now keywords; previously they were only + treated as such inside the body of a coroutine function. .. index:: statement: async for .. _`async for`: |