Chris Angelico wrote:
"await" means "don't continue this function until that's done". It blocks the function until a non-blocking operation is done.
However, *not* using 'await' doesn't mean the operation will be done without blocking. Rather, it won't be done at all (and is usually an error, but there's no way for the implementation to detect it at the time). I don't blame Steve for being confused. All the terminology around async/await is inherently confusing and counterintuitive, IMO. I'm disappointed that we've ended up here. -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
