changeset:   104630:99941cacfc38
branch:      3.6
parent:      104627:60a57f15fb86
parent:      104629:785597e758a1
user:        Yury Selivanov <yury@magic.io>
date:        Fri Oct 21 17:41:23 2016 -0400
files:       Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst Lib/asyncio/base_events.py Misc/NEWS
description:
Merge 3.5 (issue #26796)


diff -r 60a57f15fb86 -r 99941cacfc38 Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst	Fri Oct 21 14:31:18 2016 -0700
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst	Fri Oct 21 17:41:23 2016 -0400
@@ -671,6 +671,13 @@
 
    This method is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.5.3
+      :meth:`BaseEventLoop.run_in_executor` no longer configures the
+      ``max_workers`` of the thread pool executor it creates, instead
+      leaving it up to the thread pool executor
+      (:class:`~concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor`) to set the
+      default.
+
 .. method:: AbstractEventLoop.set_default_executor(executor)
 
    Set the default executor used by :meth:`run_in_executor`.
diff -r 60a57f15fb86 -r 99941cacfc38 Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py	Fri Oct 21 14:31:18 2016 -0700
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py	Fri Oct 21 17:41:23 2016 -0400
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 __all__ = ['BaseEventLoop']
 
 
-# Argument for default thread pool executor creation.
-_MAX_WORKERS = 5
-
 # Minimum number of _scheduled timer handles before cleanup of
 # cancelled handles is performed.
 _MIN_SCHEDULED_TIMER_HANDLES = 100
@@ -620,7 +617,7 @@
         if executor is None:
             executor = self._default_executor
             if executor is None:
-                executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(_MAX_WORKERS)
+                executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor()
                 self._default_executor = executor
         return futures.wrap_future(executor.submit(func, *args), loop=self)
 
diff -r 60a57f15fb86 -r 99941cacfc38 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Fri Oct 21 14:31:18 2016 -0700
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Fri Oct 21 17:41:23 2016 -0400
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
   children are done.
   Patch by Johannes Ebke.
 
+- Issue #26796: Don't configure the number of workers for default
+  threadpool executor.
+  Initial patch by Hans Lawrenz.
+
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