bpo-38951: Use threading.main_thread() check in asyncio (GH-17433)
https://bugs.python.org/issue38951
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/events.py b/Lib/asyncio/events.py
index 36b7ea3..c7343f5 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/events.py
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@
"""
if (self._local._loop is None and
not self._local._set_called and
- isinstance(threading.current_thread(), threading._MainThread)):
+ threading.current_thread() is threading.main_thread()):
self.set_event_loop(self.new_event_loop())
if self._local._loop is None: