Save a reference for ensure_future and create_task (GH-29163)
Co-authored-by: Joannah Nanjekye <jnanjekye@python.org>
(cherry picked from commit c750adbe6990ee8239b27d5f4591283a06bfe862)
Co-authored-by: Joannah Nanjekye <33177550+nanjekyejoannah@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-future.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-future.rst
index ef496a2..3496387 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-future.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-future.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
See also the :func:`create_task` function which is the
preferred way for creating new Tasks.
+ Save a reference to the result of this function, to avoid
+ a task disappearing mid execution.
+
.. versionchanged:: 3.5.1
The function accepts any :term:`awaitable` object.