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diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst index 8c710ef..0653d4e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst @@ -154,21 +154,22 @@ ABC Inherits from Abstract Methods Mixin .. class:: Awaitable - ABC for classes that provide ``__await__`` method. Instances - of such classes can be used in ``await`` expression. + ABC for :term:`awaitable` objects, which can be used in :keyword:`await` + expressions. Custom implementations must provide the :meth:`__await__` + method. - :term:`coroutine` objects and instances of - :class:`~collections.abc.Coroutine` are too instances of this ABC. + :term:`Coroutine` objects and instances of the + :class:`~collections.abc.Coroutine` ABC are all instances of this ABC. .. versionadded:: 3.5 .. class:: Coroutine - ABC for coroutine compatible classes that implement a subset of - generator methods defined in :pep:`342`, namely: - :meth:`~generator.send`, :meth:`~generator.throw`, - :meth:`~generator.close` methods. :meth:`__await__` must also be - implemented. All :class:`Coroutine` instances are also instances of + ABC for coroutine compatible classes. These implement the + following methods, defined in :ref:`coroutine-objects`: + :meth:`~coroutine.send`, :meth:`~coroutine.throw`, and + :meth:`~coroutine.close`. Custom implementations must also implement + :meth:`__await__`. All :class:`Coroutine` instances are also instances of :class:`Awaitable`. See also the definition of :term:`coroutine`. .. versionadded:: 3.5 |