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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 63b8200..68843e2 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -237,6 +237,16 @@ asyncio On Windows, the default event loop is now :class:`~asyncio.ProactorEventLoop`. +builtins +-------- + +The :func:`compile` built-in has been improved to accept the +``ast.PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` flag. With this new flag passed, +:func:`compile` will allow top-level ``await``, ``async for`` and ``async with`` +constructs that are usually considered invalid syntax. Asynchronous code object +marked with the ``CO_COROUTINE`` flag may then be returned. + +(Contributed by Matthias Bussonnier in :issue:`34616`) collections ----------- |