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diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst index 8f561744fe4..91970c28239 100644 --- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst +++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ Creating Futures and Tasks .. versionadded:: 3.5.2 -.. method:: loop.create_task(coro, *, name=None, context=None) +.. method:: loop.create_task(coro, *, name=None, context=None, eager_start=None, **kwargs) Schedule the execution of :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>` *coro*. Return a :class:`Task` object. @@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ Creating Futures and Tasks for interoperability. In this case, the result type is a subclass of :class:`Task`. + The full function signature is largely the same as that of the + :class:`Task` constructor (or factory) - all of the keyword arguments to + this function are passed through to that interface. + If the *name* argument is provided and not ``None``, it is set as the name of the task using :meth:`Task.set_name`. @@ -377,12 +381,27 @@ Creating Futures and Tasks custom :class:`contextvars.Context` for the *coro* to run in. The current context copy is created when no *context* is provided. + An optional keyword-only *eager_start* argument allows specifying + if the task should execute eagerly during the call to create_task, + or be scheduled later. If *eager_start* is not passed the mode set + by :meth:`loop.set_task_factory` will be used. + .. versionchanged:: 3.8 Added the *name* parameter. .. versionchanged:: 3.11 Added the *context* parameter. + .. versionchanged:: 3.13.3 + Added ``kwargs`` which passes on arbitrary extra parameters, including ``name`` and ``context``. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.13.4 + Rolled back the change that passes on *name* and *context* (if it is None), + while still passing on other arbitrary keyword arguments (to avoid breaking backwards compatibility with 3.13.3). + + .. versionchanged:: 3.14 + All *kwargs* are now passed on. The *eager_start* parameter works with eager task factories. + .. method:: loop.set_task_factory(factory) Set a task factory that will be used by @@ -394,6 +413,16 @@ Creating Futures and Tasks event loop, and *coro* is a coroutine object. The callable must pass on all *kwargs*, and return a :class:`asyncio.Task`-compatible object. + .. versionchanged:: 3.13.3 + Required that all *kwargs* are passed on to :class:`asyncio.Task`. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.13.4 + *name* is no longer passed to task factories. *context* is no longer passed + to task factories if it is ``None``. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.14 + *name* and *context* are now unconditionally passed on to task factories again. + .. method:: loop.get_task_factory() Return a task factory or ``None`` if the default one is in use. |