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:term:`awaitable` objects. For instance, :class:`asyncio.Future` implements
this method to be compatible with the :keyword:`await` expression.

.. note::

The language doesn't place any restriction on the type or value of the
objects yielded by the iterator returned by ``__await__``, as this is
specific to the implementation of the asynchronous execution framework
(e.g. :mod:`asyncio`) that will be managing the :term:`awaitable` object.


.. versionadded:: 3.5

.. seealso:: :pep:`492` for additional information about awaitable objects.
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