bpo-33505: Optimize asyncio.ensure_future by reordering if conditions (GH-6836) (#7162)

(cherry picked from commit e549c4b)

Co-authored-by: jimmylai <[email protected]>

Author: 2 people

Lib/asyncio/tasks.py

@@ -542,17 +542,17 @@ def ensure_future(coro_or_future, *, loop=None):
 
     If the argument is a Future, it is returned directly.
     """
-    if futures.isfuture(coro_or_future):
-        if loop is not None and loop is not futures._get_loop(coro_or_future):
-            raise ValueError('loop argument must agree with Future')
-        return coro_or_future
-    elif coroutines.iscoroutine(coro_or_future):
+    if coroutines.iscoroutine(coro_or_future):
         if loop is None:
             loop = events.get_event_loop()
         task = loop.create_task(coro_or_future)
         if task._source_traceback:
             del task._source_traceback[-1]
         return task
+    elif futures.isfuture(coro_or_future):
+        if loop is not None and loop is not futures._get_loop(coro_or_future):
+            raise ValueError('loop argument must agree with Future')
+        return coro_or_future
     elif inspect.isawaitable(coro_or_future):
         return ensure_future(_wrap_awaitable(coro_or_future), loop=loop)
     else:

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-05-14-18-05-35.bpo-33505.L8pAyt.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Optimize asyncio.ensure_future() by reordering if checks: 1.17x faster.