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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst25
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst21
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/hashlib.rst2
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst10
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/stdtypes.rst22
5 files changed, 65 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
index 21f7d0547af..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, eager_start=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`.
@@ -388,8 +392,15 @@ Creating Futures and Tasks
.. 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
- Added the *eager_start* parameter.
+ All *kwargs* are now passed on. The *eager_start* parameter works with eager task factories.
.. method:: loop.set_task_factory(factory)
@@ -402,6 +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.
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index 59acce1990a..b19ffa8213a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -238,18 +238,24 @@ Creating Tasks
-----------------------------------------------
-.. function:: create_task(coro, *, name=None, context=None)
+.. function:: create_task(coro, *, name=None, context=None, eager_start=None, **kwargs)
Wrap the *coro* :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>` into a :class:`Task`
and schedule its execution. Return the Task object.
- If *name* is not ``None``, it is set as the name of the task using
- :meth:`Task.set_name`.
+ 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.
An optional keyword-only *context* argument allows specifying a
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.
+
The task is executed in the loop returned by :func:`get_running_loop`,
:exc:`RuntimeError` is raised if there is no running loop in
current thread.
@@ -290,6 +296,9 @@ Creating Tasks
.. versionchanged:: 3.11
Added the *context* parameter.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.14
+ Added the *eager_start* parameter by passing on all *kwargs*.
+
Task Cancellation
=================
@@ -330,7 +339,7 @@ and reliable way to wait for all tasks in the group to finish.
.. versionadded:: 3.11
- .. method:: create_task(coro, *, name=None, context=None)
+ .. method:: create_task(coro, *, name=None, context=None, eager_start=None, **kwargs)
Create a task in this task group.
The signature matches that of :func:`asyncio.create_task`.
@@ -342,6 +351,10 @@ and reliable way to wait for all tasks in the group to finish.
Close the given coroutine if the task group is not active.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.14
+
+ Passes on all *kwargs* to :meth:`loop.create_task`
+
Example::
async def main():
diff --git a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
index bb2d2fad23b..4818a4944a5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ a file or file-like object.
Example:
>>> import io, hashlib, hmac
- >>> with open(hashlib.__file__, "rb") as f:
+ >>> with open("library/hashlib.rst", "rb") as f:
... digest = hashlib.file_digest(f, "sha256")
...
>>> digest.hexdigest() # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 80e33c4a1df..fc3c1134f97 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ Miscellaneous
.. function:: freeze_support()
Add support for when a program which uses :mod:`multiprocessing` has been
- frozen to produce a Windows executable. (Has been tested with **py2exe**,
+ frozen to produce an executable. (Has been tested with **py2exe**,
**PyInstaller** and **cx_Freeze**.)
One needs to call this function straight after the ``if __name__ ==
@@ -1099,10 +1099,10 @@ Miscellaneous
If the ``freeze_support()`` line is omitted then trying to run the frozen
executable will raise :exc:`RuntimeError`.
- Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when invoked on any operating
- system other than Windows. In addition, if the module is being run
- normally by the Python interpreter on Windows (the program has not been
- frozen), then ``freeze_support()`` has no effect.
+ Calling ``freeze_support()`` has no effect when the start method is not
+ *spawn*. In addition, if the module is being run normally by the Python
+ interpreter (the program has not been frozen), then ``freeze_support()``
+ has no effect.
.. function:: get_all_start_methods()
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 3486a18b5cb..31d71031bca 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1788,8 +1788,14 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
Return centered in a string of length *width*. Padding is done using the
specified *fillchar* (default is an ASCII space). The original string is
- returned if *width* is less than or equal to ``len(s)``.
+ returned if *width* is less than or equal to ``len(s)``. For example::
+ >>> 'Python'.center(10)
+ ' Python '
+ >>> 'Python'.center(10, '-')
+ '--Python--'
+ >>> 'Python'.center(4)
+ 'Python'
.. method:: str.count(sub[, start[, end]])
@@ -1799,8 +1805,18 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
interpreted as in slice notation.
If *sub* is empty, returns the number of empty strings between characters
- which is the length of the string plus one.
-
+ which is the length of the string plus one. For example::
+
+ >>> 'spam, spam, spam'.count('spam')
+ 3
+ >>> 'spam, spam, spam'.count('spam', 5)
+ 2
+ >>> 'spam, spam, spam'.count('spam', 5, 10)
+ 1
+ >>> 'spam, spam, spam'.count('eggs')
+ 0
+ >>> 'spam, spam, spam'.count('')
+ 17
.. method:: str.encode(encoding="utf-8", errors="strict")