gh-92223: Remove pre-Python 3.7 alternative in asyncio docs (#92224)

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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Coroutines
:term:`Coroutines <coroutine>` declared with the async/await syntax is the
preferred way of writing asyncio applications. For example, the following
snippet of code (requires Python 3.7+) prints "hello", waits 1 second,
snippet of code prints "hello", waits 1 second,
and then prints "world"::
>>> import asyncio
@ -223,21 +223,6 @@ Creating Tasks
:exc:`RuntimeError` is raised if there is no running loop in
current thread.
This function has been **added in Python 3.7**. Prior to
Python 3.7, the low-level :func:`asyncio.ensure_future` function
can be used instead::
async def coro():
...
# In Python 3.7+
task = asyncio.create_task(coro())
...
# This works in all Python versions but is less readable
task = asyncio.ensure_future(coro())
...
.. important::
Save a reference to the result of this function, to avoid