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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/asyncio/tasks.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/asyncio/tasks.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py b/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py index 5e0692e..c37f0e1 100644 --- a/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py +++ b/Lib/asyncio/tasks.py @@ -729,6 +729,13 @@ def gather(*coros_or_futures, loop=None, return_exceptions=False): the outer Future is *not* cancelled in this case. (This is to prevent the cancellation of one child to cause other children to be cancelled.) + + If *return_exceptions* is False, cancelling gather() after it + has been marked done won't cancel any submitted awaitables. + For instance, gather can be marked done after propagating an + exception to the caller, therefore, calling ``gather.cancel()`` + after catching an exception (raised by one of the awaitables) from + gather won't cancel any other awaitables. """ if not coros_or_futures: if loop is None: |