commit e3f52ef067e3825c3479cfb4f58e3226cd1a8245
author Guido van Rossum <guido@dropbox.com> Fri Nov 01 14:19:04 2013 -0700
committer Guido van Rossum <guido@dropbox.com> Fri Nov 01 14:19:04 2013 -0700
tree 3889856c0267d6b5abfa519481405be628e07c67
parent 2b57016458bc8a4400c03e204b431e2723a0e579

asyncio: Document EventLoop.close().

Lib/asyncio/base_events.py

diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
index f18a556..6e409ea 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@
         self.call_soon(_raise_stop_error)
 
     def close(self):
+        """Close the event loop.
+
+        This clears the queues and shuts down the executor,
+        but does not wait for the executor to finish.
+        """
         self._ready.clear()
         self._scheduled.clear()
         executor = self._default_executor