[Python-checkins] gh-92223: Remove pre-Python 3.7 alternative in asyncio docs (#92224)

[JelleZijlstra]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d1b2e989be2bc5128d6602e4f370d0ee6f5ac476
commit: d1b2e989be2bc5128d6602e4f370d0ee6f5ac476
branch: main
author: Sebastian Rittau <srittau at rittau.biz>
committer: JelleZijlstra <jelle.zijlstra at gmail.com>
date: 2022-05-04T17:14:07-07:00
summary:

gh-92223: Remove pre-Python 3.7 alternative in asyncio docs (#92224)

files:
M Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
index c104ac5b9a3b8..8e3d49dcf9d71 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Coroutines
 
 :term:`Coroutines <coroutine>` declared with the async/await syntax is the
 preferred way of writing asyncio applications.  For example, the following
-snippet of code (requires Python 3.7+) prints "hello", waits 1 second,
+snippet of code prints "hello", waits 1 second,
 and then prints "world"::
 
     >>> import asyncio
@@ -223,21 +223,6 @@ Creating Tasks
    :exc:`RuntimeError` is raised if there is no running loop in
    current thread.
 
-   This function has been **added in Python 3.7**.  Prior to
-   Python 3.7, the low-level :func:`asyncio.ensure_future` function
-   can be used instead::
-
-       async def coro():
-           ...
-
-       # In Python 3.7+
-       task = asyncio.create_task(coro())
-       ...
-
-       # This works in all Python versions but is less readable
-       task = asyncio.ensure_future(coro())
-       ...
-
    .. important::
 
       Save a reference to the result of this function, to avoid