bpo-34687: Make asynico use ProactorEventLoop by default (GH-9538)

Doc/library/asyncio-platforms.rst

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ All Platforms
 Windows
 =======
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.8
+
+   On Windows, :class:`ProactorEventLoop` is now the default event loop.
+
 All event loops on Windows do not support the following methods:
 
 * :meth:`loop.create_unix_connection` and
@@ -67,16 +71,8 @@ Windows configuration.
 Subprocess Support on Windows
 -----------------------------
 
-:class:`SelectorEventLoop` on Windows does not support subproceses.
-On Windows, :class:`ProactorEventLoop` should be used instead::
-
-  import asyncio
-
-  asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(
-      asyncio.WindowsProactorEventLoopPolicy())
-
-  asyncio.run(your_code())
-
+On Windows, the default event loop :class:`ProactorEventLoop` supports
+subprocesses, whereas :class:`SelectorEventLoop` does not.
 
 The :meth:`policy.set_child_watcher()
 <AbstractEventLoopPolicy.set_child_watcher>` function is also

Doc/library/asyncio-policy.rst

@@ -92,11 +92,23 @@ asyncio ships with the following built-in policies:
 .. class:: DefaultEventLoopPolicy
 
    The default asyncio policy.  Uses :class:`SelectorEventLoop`
-   on both Unix and Windows platforms.
+   on Unix and :class:`ProactorEventLoop` on Windows.
 
    There is no need to install the default policy manually. asyncio
    is configured to use the default policy automatically.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+
+      On Windows, :class:`ProactorEventLoop` is now used by default.
+
+
+.. class:: WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy
+
+   An alternative event loop policy that uses the
+   :class:`SelectorEventLoop` event loop implementation.
+
+   Availability: Windows.
+
 
 .. class:: WindowsProactorEventLoopPolicy
 

Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst

@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ New Modules
 Improved Modules
 ================
 
+asyncio
+-------
+
+On Windows, the default event loop is now :class:`~asyncio.ProactorEventLoop`.
+
 os.path
 -------