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gh-142044: Add note to prefer asyncio.timeout[_at] over asyncio.Timeout #144449

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gh-142044: Add note to prefer asyncio.timeout/timeout_at over Timeout
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gh-142044: Move timeout preference to class description
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Update Doc/library/asyncio-task.rst
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Expand Up @@ -771,6 +771,9 @@ Timeouts
An :ref:`asynchronous context manager <async-context-managers>`
for cancelling overdue coroutines.

Prefer using :func:`asyncio.timeout` or :func:`asyncio.timeout_at`
rather than instantiating :class:`Timeout` directly.
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``when`` should be an absolute time at which the context should time out,
as measured by the event loop's clock:

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