Change TaskGroup.create_task and tasks.create_task to **kwargs

Author: gvanrossum-ms

Lib/asyncio/taskgroups.py

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ async def _aexit(self, et, exc):
                 exc = None
 
 
-    def create_task(self, coro, *, name=None, context=None):
+    def create_task(self, coro, **kwargs):
         """Create a new task in this group and return it.
 
         Similar to `asyncio.create_task`.
@@ -193,10 +193,7 @@ def create_task(self, coro, *, name=None, context=None):
         if self._aborting:
             coro.close()
             raise RuntimeError(f"TaskGroup {self!r} is shutting down")
-        if context is None:
-            task = self._loop.create_task(coro, name=name)
-        else:
-            task = self._loop.create_task(coro, name=name, context=context)
+        task = self._loop.create_task(coro, **kwargs)
 
         futures.future_add_to_awaited_by(task, self._parent_task)
 

Lib/asyncio/tasks.py

@@ -386,17 +386,13 @@ def __wakeup(self, future):
     Task = _CTask = _asyncio.Task
 
 
-def create_task(coro, *, name=None, context=None):
+def create_task(coro, **kwargs):
     """Schedule the execution of a coroutine object in a spawn task.
 
     Return a Task object.
     """
     loop = events.get_running_loop()
-    if context is None:
-        # Use legacy API if context is not needed
-        task = loop.create_task(coro, name=name)
-    else:
-        task = loop.create_task(coro, name=name, context=context)
+    task = loop.create_task(coro, name=name, context=context)
 
     return task