Revert "bpo-34037, asyncio: add BaseEventLoop.wait_executor_on_close (G…

…H-13786)" (#13802)

This reverts commit 0f0a30f.

Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst

@@ -140,18 +140,12 @@ Running and stopping the loop
    The loop must not be running when this function is called.
    Any pending callbacks will be discarded.
 
-   This method clears all queues and shuts down the default executor. By
-   default, it waits for the default executor to finish. Set
-   *loop.wait_executor_on_close* to ``False`` to not wait for the executor.
+   This method clears all queues and shuts down the executor, but does
+   not wait for the executor to finish.
 
    This method is idempotent and irreversible.  No other methods
    should be called after the event loop is closed.
 
-   .. versionchanged:: 3.8
-      The method now waits for the default executor to finish by default.
-      Added *loop.wait_executor_on_close* attribute.
-
-
 .. coroutinemethod:: loop.shutdown_asyncgens()
 
    Schedule all currently open :term:`asynchronous generator` objects to

Lib/asyncio/base_events.py

@@ -380,8 +380,6 @@ async def wait_closed(self):
 class BaseEventLoop(events.AbstractEventLoop):
 
     def __init__(self):
-        # If true, close() waits for the default executor to finish
-        self.wait_executor_on_close = True
         self._timer_cancelled_count = 0
         self._closed = False
         self._stopping = False
@@ -637,7 +635,7 @@ def close(self):
         executor = self._default_executor
         if executor is not None:
             self._default_executor = None
-            executor.shutdown(wait=self.wait_executor_on_close)
+            executor.shutdown(wait=False)
 
     def is_closed(self):
         """Returns True if the event loop was closed."""