diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst index b81d89acf7fd88..ba0f909c405a34 100644 --- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst +++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst @@ -256,8 +256,9 @@ Creating Tasks .. note:: - :meth:`asyncio.TaskGroup.create_task` is a newer alternative - that allows for convenient waiting for a group of related tasks. + :meth:`asyncio.TaskGroup.create_task` is a new alternative + leveraging structural concurrency; it allows for waiting + for a group of related tasks with strong safety guarantees. .. important:: @@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ Example:: async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as tg: task1 = tg.create_task(some_coro(...)) task2 = tg.create_task(another_coro(...)) - print("Both tasks have completed now.") + print(f"Both tasks have completed now: {task1.result()}, {task2.result()}") The ``async with`` statement will wait for all tasks in the group to finish. While waiting, new tasks may still be added to the group @@ -459,8 +460,12 @@ Running Tasks Concurrently Tasks/Futures to be cancelled. .. note:: - A more modern way to create and run tasks concurrently and - wait for their completion is :class:`asyncio.TaskGroup`. + A new alternative to create and run tasks concurrently and + wait for their completion is :class:`asyncio.TaskGroup`. *TaskGroup* + provides stronger safety guarantees than *gather* for scheduling a nesting of subtasks: + if a task (or a subtask, a task scheduled by a task) + raises an exception, *TaskGroup* will, while *gather* will not, + cancel the remaining scheduled tasks). .. _asyncio_example_gather: