asyncio doc: replace "coroutine" with "coroutine object" or "coroutine function"

Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Creating connections
    *port*.  *protocol_factory* must be a callable returning a
    :ref:`protocol <protocol>` instance.
 
-   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>` which will try to
+   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>` which will try to
    establish the connection in the background.  When successful, the
    coroutine returns a ``(transport, protocol)`` pair.
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Creating listening connections
 
 .. method:: BaseEventLoop.create_server(protocol_factory, host=None, port=None, \*, family=socket.AF_UNSPEC, flags=socket.AI_PASSIVE, sock=None, backlog=100, ssl=None, reuse_address=None)
 
-   A :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>` which creates a TCP server bound to host and
+   A :ref:`coroutine function <coroutine>` which creates a TCP server bound to host and
    port.
 
    The return value is a :class:`AbstractServer` object which can be used to stop
@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ Creating listening connections
    expire. If not specified will automatically be set to True on
    UNIX.
 
-   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 .. method:: BaseEventLoop.create_datagram_endpoint(protocol_factory, local_addr=None, remote_addr=None, \*, family=0, proto=0, flags=0)
 
    Create datagram connection.
 
-   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Run subprocesses asynchronously using the :mod:`subprocess` module.
 
    XXX
 
-   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    See the constructor of the :class:`subprocess.Popen` class for parameters.
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Run subprocesses asynchronously using the :mod:`subprocess` module.
 
    XXX
 
-   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    See the constructor of the :class:`subprocess.Popen` class for parameters.
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ Run subprocesses asynchronously using the :mod:`subprocess` module.
    Return pair (transport, protocol), where transport support
    :class:`ReadTransport` interface.
 
-   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 .. method:: BaseEventLoop.connect_write_pipe(protocol_factory, pipe)
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Run subprocesses asynchronously using the :mod:`subprocess` module.
    Return pair (transport, protocol), where transport support
    :class:`WriteTransport` interface.
 
-   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 
 Executor

Doc/library/asyncio-protocol.rst

@@ -320,19 +320,19 @@ StreamReader
 
       XXX
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: readline()
 
       XXX
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: readexactly(n)
 
       XXX
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 
 
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ Network functions
    :class:`StreamReaderProtocol` classes, just copy the code -- there's really
    nothing special here except some convenience.)
 
-   This function returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This function returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 .. function:: start_server(client_connected_cb, host=None, port=None, *, loop=None, limit=_DEFAULT_LIMIT, **kwds)
 
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ Network functions
    *client_reader*, *client_writer*.  *client_reader* is a
    :class:`StreamReader` object, while *client_writer* is a
    :class:`StreamWriter` object.  This parameter can either be a plain callback
-   function or a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`; if it is a coroutine, it will be
-   automatically converted into a :class:`Task`.
+   function or a :ref:`coroutine function <coroutine>`; if it is a coroutine
+   function, it will be automatically converted into a :class:`Task`.
 
    The rest of the arguments are all the usual arguments to
    :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.create_server()` except *protocol_factory*; most
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ Network functions
    The return value is the same as :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.create_server()`, i.e.
    a :class:`AbstractServer` object which can be used to stop the service.
 
-   This function returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This function returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 
 Protocol example: TCP echo server and client

Doc/library/asyncio-sync.rst

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Locks
       This method blocks until the lock is unlocked, then sets it to locked and
       returns ``True``.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: release()
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Locks
       Otherwise, block until another coroutine calls :meth:`set` to set the
       flag to true, then return ``True``.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 
 .. class:: Condition(\*, loop=None)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Locks
       condition variable in another coroutine.  Once awakened, it re-acquires
       the lock and returns ``True``.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: wait_for(predicate)
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Locks
       The predicate should be a callable which result will be interpreted as a
       boolean value. The final predicate value is the return value.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
 
 Semaphores
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Semaphores
       until some other coroutine has called :meth:`release` to make it larger
       than ``0``, and then return ``True``.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: locked()
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Queues
 
       If you yield from :meth:`get()`, wait until a item is available.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: get_nowait()
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ Queues
       If you yield from ``put()``, wait until a free slot is available before
       adding item.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: put_nowait(item)
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ Queues
       it is complete.  When the count of unfinished tasks drops to zero,
       :meth:`join` unblocks.
 
-      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+      This method returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    .. method:: task_done()
 

Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The word "coroutine", like the word "generator", is used for two
 different (though related) concepts:
 
 - The function that defines a coroutine (a function definition
-  decorated with ``asyncio.coroutine``).  If disambiguation is needed
+  decorated with ``@asyncio.coroutine``).  If disambiguation is needed
   we will call this a *coroutine function*.
 
 - The object obtained by calling a coroutine function.  This object
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Sequence diagram of the example:
    :align: center
 
 The "Task" is created by the :meth:`BaseEventLoop.run_until_complete` method
-when it gets a coroutine instead of a task.
+when it gets a coroutine object instead of a task.
 
 The diagram shows the control flow, it does not describe exactly how things
 work internally. For example, the sleep coroutine creates an internal future
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ Future
 Example: Future with run_until_complete()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Example combining a :class:`Future` and a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`::
+Example combining a :class:`Future` and a :ref:`coroutine function
+<coroutine>`::
 
     import asyncio
 
@@ -234,8 +235,8 @@ Example combining a :class:`Future` and a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`::
     loop.run_until_complete(future)
     print(future.result())
 
-The coroutine is responsible of the computation (which takes 1 second) and
-it stores the result into the future. The
+The coroutine function is responsible of the computation (which takes 1 second)
+and it stores the result into the future. The
 :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.run_until_complete` method waits for the completion of
 the future.
 
@@ -273,9 +274,9 @@ In this example, the future is responsible to display the result and to stop
 the loop.
 
 .. note::
-   The coroutine is only executed when the event loop starts running, so it is
-   possible to add a "done callback" to the future after creating the task
-   scheduling the coroutine.
+   The "slow_operation" coroutine object is only executed when the event loop
+   starts running, so it is possible to add a "done callback" to the future
+   after creating the task scheduling the coroutine object.
 
 
 
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@ Task
 
 .. class:: Task(coro, \*, loop=None)
 
-   A coroutine wrapped in a :class:`Future`. Subclass of :class:`Future`.
+   A coroutine object wrapped in a :class:`Future`. Subclass of :class:`Future`.
 
    .. classmethod:: all_tasks(loop=None)
 
@@ -392,13 +393,14 @@ Task functions
 
 .. function:: async(coro_or_future, \*, loop=None)
 
-   Wrap a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>` in a future.
+   Wrap a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>` in a future.
 
    If the argument is a :class:`Future`, it is returned directly.
 
 .. function:: gather(\*coros_or_futures, loop=None, return_exceptions=False)
 
-   Return a future aggregating results from the given coroutines or futures.
+   Return a future aggregating results from the given coroutine objects or
+   futures.
 
    All futures must share the same event loop.  If all the tasks are done
    successfully, the returned future's result is the list of results (in the
@@ -416,8 +418,8 @@ Task functions
 
 .. function:: sleep(delay, result=None, \*, loop=None)
 
-   Create a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>` that completes after a given time
-   (in seconds).
+   Create a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>` that completes after a given
+   time (in seconds).
 
 .. function:: shield(arg, \*, loop=None)
 
@@ -448,8 +450,8 @@ Task functions
 
 .. function:: wait(futures, \*, loop=None, timeout=None, return_when=ALL_COMPLETED)
 
-   Wait for the Futures and coroutines given by the sequence *futures* to
-   complete.  Coroutines will be wrapped in Tasks. Returns two sets of
+   Wait for the Futures and coroutine objects given by the sequence *futures*
+   to complete.  Coroutines will be wrapped in Tasks. Returns two sets of
    :class:`Future`: (done, pending).
 
    *timeout* can be used to control the maximum number of seconds to wait before
@@ -477,7 +479,7 @@ Task functions
    |                             | futures finish or are cancelled.       |
    +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+
 
-   This function returns a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.
+   This function returns a :ref:`coroutine object <coroutine>`.
 
    Usage::