From f94d22f49854af9e3ef1fd14391fcf3ae15dc749 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Itamar Ostricher Date: Sat, 6 May 2023 16:26:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document the optional keyword-only "context" argument to Task constructor --- Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst index f8727b98066990..a46ebc1c3d25a9 100644 --- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst +++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst @@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ Introspection Task Object =========== -.. class:: Task(coro, *, loop=None, name=None) +.. class:: Task(coro, *, loop=None, name=None, context=None) A :class:`Future-like ` object that runs a Python :ref:`coroutine `. Not thread-safe. @@ -1049,9 +1049,10 @@ Task Object APIs except :meth:`Future.set_result` and :meth:`Future.set_exception`. - Tasks support the :mod:`contextvars` module. When a Task - is created it copies the current context and later runs its - coroutine in the copied context. + An optional keyword-only *context* argument allows specifying a + custom :class:`contextvars.Context` for the *coro* to run in. + If no *context* is provided, the Task copies the current context + and later runs its coroutine in the copied context. .. versionchanged:: 3.7 Added support for the :mod:`contextvars` module. @@ -1063,6 +1064,9 @@ Task Object Deprecation warning is emitted if *loop* is not specified and there is no running event loop. + .. versionchanged:: 3.11 + Added the *context* parameter. + .. method:: done() Return ``True`` if the Task is *done*.