pydoc.Helper.keywords missing async and await

[rswgnu]

BPO	31390
Nosy	@berkerpeksag, @rswgnu

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title = 'pydoc.Helper.keywords missing async and await'
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[rswgnu]

Shouldn't async and await be added to the pydoc keywords list?

[berkerpeksag]

Thank you for your report. Prior to Python 3.7, async and await keywords have had special meanings and they weren't treated as normal keywords. They are now in Python 3.7:

>>> async = 42
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    async = 42
          ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

And they are listed as keywords:

$ ./python -m pydoc keywords

Here is a list of the Python keywords. Enter any keyword to get more help.

False class from or
None continue global pass
True def if raise
and del import return
as elif in try
assert else is while
async except lambda with
await finally nonlocal yield
break for not

So I don't think we should modify pydoc to list them as keywords in Python 3.6.