In asyncio, does the event_loop still running after run_until_complete returned?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 02 Apr 2018 23:37:51 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote:

> If it helps to demystify things, here is a simplified version of what
> run_until_complete actually does:
> 
>     def run_until_complete(self, future):
>         """Run until the Future is done.
> 
>         If the argument is a coroutine, it is wrapped in a Task.
> 
>         Return the Future's result, or raise its exception. """

Demystify, he says.

Future, he says. Coroutine. Task. What's self? What's tasks? What's 
events? Enquiring minds want to know.


>        future = tasks.ensure_future(future, loop=self)
>         future.add_done_callback(self.stop)
>         self.run_forever()
>         future.remove_done_callback(self.stop)
>         return future.result()
> 
>     def run_forever(self):
>         """Run until stop() is called."""

o_O

That's obviously a different meaning to the word "forever" than I learnt 
at school.


-- 
Steve