From: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:52:30 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: [doc] Remove mention of async and await as soft keywords (GH-22144)
X-Git-Tag: v3.10.0a2~201
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8adf8d1ec45fe0d87e2312a13a3ec0b8ab03fea1;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

[doc] Remove mention of async and await as soft keywords (GH-22144)
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index 04a3948d0c9d..62986cb15196 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -768,10 +768,8 @@ Coroutine function definition
    keyword: await
 
 Execution of Python coroutines can be suspended and resumed at many points
-(see :term:`coroutine`).  Inside the body of a coroutine function, ``await`` and
-``async`` identifiers become reserved keywords; :keyword:`await` expressions,
-:keyword:`async for` and :keyword:`async with` can only be used in
-coroutine function bodies.
+(see :term:`coroutine`). :keyword:`await` expressions, :keyword:`async for` and
+:keyword:`async with` can only be used in the body of a coroutine function.
 
 Functions defined with ``async def`` syntax are always coroutine functions,
 even if they do not contain ``await`` or ``async`` keywords.
@@ -785,6 +783,9 @@ An example of a coroutine function::
         do_stuff()
         await some_coroutine()
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.7
+   ``await`` and ``async`` are now keywords; previously they were only
+   treated as such inside the body of a coroutine function.
 
 .. index:: statement: async for
 .. _`async for`: