Tasks: Scheduled Coroutines
A Task wraps a coroutine and schedules it to run on the event loop. Unlike plain coroutines, Tasks start executing immediately:
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What is a Task?
Learning Objectives
- •Create Tasks with asyncio.create_task()
- •Understand Task lifecycle
- •Cancel and check Task status
Lesson Outline
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What is a Task?
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Task vs Coroutine
| Coroutine | Task |
|---|---|
| Must be awaited to run | Starts running immediately |
| Can't be cancelled | Can be cancelled |
| No status tracking | Has done(), cancelled() methods |
| Runs inline | Runs concurrently |