Windows 10 has “python” command that redirects to the Windows Store

Re:Windows 10 has “python” command that redirects to the Win... by Xixi on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:08AM (#23065319)

I think you misunderstood maple3142 comment: he is only saying that from Python 3.7 onward you could not use "async" as an identifier in your code, as it became a reserved word.

So maybe you were using "async" as a variable name, or as a function name in your code, and suddenly that wouldn't work anymore. It definitely is a backwards-incompatible change, and that has nothing to do with provisional APIs.

Since I have never use "async" as an identifier in my own code, I have no idea if warnings were issued, though probably?

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Re:Windows 10 has “python” command that redirects to the Win... by oefrha on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:20AM (#23065379)

Reserved words are introduced into languages over time. This is how languages evolve and hardly Python-specific. (Example: Rust added async/await keywords relatively recently.) You either stick with an old version or deal with it.

gp specifically links to a SO question discussing asyncio.async breakage, which would be considered API breaking except it was specifically provisional.

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