bpo-40782: Change asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.run_in_executor to be a m…

…ethod not a coroutine (GH-21852) asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.run_in_executor should be a method that returns an asyncio Future, not an async method. This matches the concrete implementations, and the documentation better.
python · Aug 17, 2020 · 29f8429 · 29f8429
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diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/events.py b/Lib/asyncio/events.py
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ def create_task(self, coro, *, name=None):
     def call_soon_threadsafe(self, callback, *args):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    async def run_in_executor(self, executor, func, *args):
+    def run_in_executor(self, executor, func, *args):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def set_default_executor(self, executor):

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-13-08-07-25.bpo-40782.aGZqmB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-13-08-07-25.bpo-40782.aGZqmB.rst
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+Change the method asyncio.AbstractEventLoop.run_in_executor to not be a coroutine.