In python 3.7, async is now a keyword, so this throws a syntax error: File "/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/libvirtaio.py", line 49 from asyncio import async as ensure_future ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Switch to getattr trickery to accomplish the same goal Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx> --- libvirtaio.py | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) If we don't care about python3 < 3.4.4 compat, we can just do from asyncio import ensure_future diff --git a/libvirtaio.py b/libvirtaio.py index 1c432dd..9d517e6 100644 --- a/libvirtaio.py +++ b/libvirtaio.py @@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ import warnings import libvirt -try: - from asyncio import ensure_future -except ImportError: - from asyncio import async as ensure_future +# python < 3.4.4: we want 'async' +# python >= 3.4.4 < 3.7, we want 'ensure_future' +# python >= 3.7, 'async' is a reserved keyword, so we can't import it +ensure_future = getattr(asyncio, "ensure_future", None) +if not ensure_future: + ensure_future = getattr(asyncio, "async") class Callback(object): -- 2.17.1 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list