bpo-34270: Make it possible to name asyncio tasks (GH-8547)

Co-authored-by: Antti Haapala <antti.haapala@anttipatterns.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
index 78fe2a7..ee13d1a 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
@@ -384,18 +384,20 @@ class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
         """Create a Future object attached to the loop."""
         return futures.Future(loop=self)
 
-    def create_task(self, coro):
+    def create_task(self, coro, *, name=None):
         """Schedule a coroutine object.
 
         Return a task object.
         """
         self._check_closed()
         if self._task_factory is None:
-            task = tasks.Task(coro, loop=self)
+            task = tasks.Task(coro, loop=self, name=name)
             if task._source_traceback:
                 del task._source_traceback[-1]
         else:
             task = self._task_factory(self, coro)
+            tasks._set_task_name(task, name)
+
         return task
 
     def set_task_factory(self, factory):