await-outside-async / E1142

Message emitted:

'await' should be used within an async function

Description:

Emitted when await is used outside an async function.

Problematic code:

import asyncio


def main():
    await asyncio.sleep(1)  # [await-outside-async]

Correct code:

import asyncio


async def main():
    await asyncio.sleep(1)

Related links:

• PEP 492

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