asyncio.async has been scheduled for removal for a long time now

move to asyncio.ensure_future

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/slixmpp/xmlstream/handler/coroutine_callback.py b/slixmpp/xmlstream/handler/coroutine_callback.py
index 8ad9572e..1ca4ab0a 100644
--- a/slixmpp/xmlstream/handler/coroutine_callback.py
+++ b/slixmpp/xmlstream/handler/coroutine_callback.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class CoroutineCallback(BaseHandler):
                               :meth:`prerun()`. Defaults to ``False``.
         """
         if not self._instream or instream:
-            asyncio.async(self._pointer(payload))
+            asyncio.ensure_future(self._pointer(payload))
             if self._once:
                 self._destroy = True
                 del self._pointer