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diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-dev.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-dev.rst index 686e496..aab925b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/asyncio-dev.rst +++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-dev.rst @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ schedule a coroutine from a different thread:: loop.call_soon_threadsafe(asyncio.async, coro_func()) +Most asyncio objects are not thread safe. You should only worry if you access +objects outside the event loop. For example, to cancel a future, don't call +directly its :meth:`Future.cancel` method, but:: + + loop.call_soon_threadsafe(fut.cancel) + To handle signals and to execute subprocesses, the event loop must be run in the main thread. |