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Title: asyncio.all_tasks() should return only non-finished tasks.
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: asyncio Versions: Python 3.8
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: asvetlov, lukasz.langa, miss-islington, yselivanov
Priority: release blocker Keywords: patch

Created on 2018-01-21 16:45 by asvetlov, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 7174 merged yselivanov, 2018-05-28 20:41
PR 7181 merged miss-islington, 2018-05-28 21:55
Messages (7)
msg310378 - (view) Author: Andrew Svetlov (asvetlov) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-01-21 16:45
Current behavior has a subtle pitfall.
The function returns a list of *existing* tasks (not removed by decref or explicit call).
If user's code has a strong reference to some task the task will be in return list for unpredictable amount of time, even if the task was done.

Returning only *alive* tasks can make a function result more predictable (`not task.done()`).

Opinions?
msg310379 - (view) Author: Yury Selivanov (yselivanov) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-01-21 16:49
I agree, returning done tasks is pretty useless.

This is a new function so let's fix its behavour.  We need to:

1. Document this difference between new asyncio.all_tasks() and now deprecated Task.all_tasks().

2. Make sure that Task.all_tasks() works in 3.7 in the same way it was working before 3.7.
msg312907 - (view) Author: Andrew Svetlov (asvetlov) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-02-26 09:47
After re-thinking I come to another idea: let's keep `all_tasks()` behavior as is but add an `active_tasks()` function for returning all non-finished tasks.

It should be done in Python 3.8
msg317921 - (view) Author: Yury Selivanov (yselivanov) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-05-28 20:44
After an off-list discussion I think I was able to convince Andrew to change the behaviour of the newly added asyncio.all_tasks() to return only pending tasks.  The logic behind this is that:

1. there's no good known use case for returning a list of all non-GC-ed tasks; if such a case exists, it's easy to implement support for it via 'loop.set_task_factory'.

2. OTOH, whenever one uses Task.all_task() they always want to filter out completed tasks.

3. Since this is a new API, it makes sense to design it right and not strive for backwards compatibility with now deprecated asyncio.Task.all_tasks().
msg317927 - (view) Author: Yury Selivanov (yselivanov) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-05-28 21:54
New changeset 416c1ebd9896b394790dcb4f9f035b1a44ebe9ff by Yury Selivanov in branch 'master':
bpo-32610: Fix asyncio.all_tasks() to return only pending tasks. (GH-7174)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/416c1ebd9896b394790dcb4f9f035b1a44ebe9ff
msg317928 - (view) Author: Yury Selivanov (yselivanov) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-05-28 21:55
Ned, this one would also be nice to have in 3.7.0.  The patch alters the behaviour of new 3.7 api.
msg317963 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2018-05-29 00:16
New changeset ddc613f20394eba25f2420f6d2fa62b277c95058 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-32610: Fix asyncio.all_tasks() to return only pending tasks. (GH-7174)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ddc613f20394eba25f2420f6d2fa62b277c95058
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:56adminsetnosy: + lukasz.langa
github: 76791
2018-05-29 15:16:15yselivanovsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2018-05-29 00:16:46miss-islingtonsetnosy: + miss-islington
messages: + msg317963
2018-05-28 21:55:14miss-islingtonsetstage: patch review
pull_requests: + pull_request6816
2018-05-28 21:55:05yselivanovsetpriority: normal -> release blocker

messages: + msg317928
2018-05-28 21:54:04yselivanovsetmessages: + msg317927
2018-05-28 20:44:52yselivanovsetmessages: + msg317921
stage: patch review -> (no value)
2018-05-28 20:41:33yselivanovsetkeywords: + patch
stage: patch review
pull_requests: + pull_request6809
2018-02-26 09:47:19asvetlovsetmessages: + msg312907
versions: + Python 3.8, - Python 3.7
2018-01-21 16:49:12yselivanovsetmessages: + msg310379
2018-01-21 16:45:25asvetlovcreate