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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst12
-rw-r--r--Lib/asyncio/runners.py4
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diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index 1fb8829..9f55a35 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -225,6 +225,18 @@ Running an asyncio Program
the end. It should be used as a main entry point for asyncio
programs, and should ideally only be called once.
+ Return a result of *coro* execution, or raise a :exc:`RuntimeError`
+ if ``asyncio.run()`` is called from a running event loop, or a
+ :exc:`ValueError` if *coro* is not a courutine.
+
+ Example::
+
+ async def main():
+ await asyncio.sleep(1)
+ print('hello')
+
+ asyncio.run(main())
+
.. versionadded:: 3.7
.. versionchanged:: 3.9
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/runners.py b/Lib/asyncio/runners.py
index 6c87747..904102b 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/runners.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/runners.py
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ def run(main, *, debug=False):
It should be used as a main entry point for asyncio programs, and should
ideally only be called once.
+ Return a result of *coro* execution, or raise a RuntimeError
+ if `asyncio.run()`is called from a running event loop, or a ValueError
+ if `main` is not a courutine.
+
Example:
async def main():