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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2020-02-13 23:57:35 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-02-13 23:57:35 (GMT)
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bpo-39545: Document changes in the support of await in f-strings. (GH-18456)
https://bugs.python.org/issue39545
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@@ -685,6 +685,11 @@ strings), but they cannot contain comments. Each expression is evaluated
in the context where the formatted string literal appears, in order from
left to right.
+.. versionchanged:: 3.7
+ Prior to Python 3.7, an :keyword:`await` expression and comprehensions
+ containing an :keyword:`async for` clause were illegal in the expressions
+ in formatted string literals due to a problem with the implementation.
+
If a conversion is specified, the result of evaluating the expression
is converted before formatting. Conversion ``'!s'`` calls :func:`str` on
the result, ``'!r'`` calls :func:`repr`, and ``'!a'`` calls :func:`ascii`.