On Apr 21, 2015, at 3:23 AM, Martin Teichmann <lkb.teichm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Yury, Hi List, > > I do certainly like the idea of PEP 492, just some small comments: > > why do we need two keywords? To me it is not necessarily intuitive > when to use async and when to use await (why is it async for and not > await for?), so wouldn't it be much simpler, and more symmetric, to > just have one keyword? I personally prefer await for that, then it is > "await def", and "await for" (and "await with", etc.).
Based on my understanding, you use ``async`` for blocks that can _use_ ``await``, and ``await`` to wait on an asynchronous action, such as calling an ``async`` function. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
