v0.17.3

Performance Improvements

• Eager Task Factory Micro-optimization: Improved hot path performance in task creation
  • Moved kwargs.pop("eager_start", None) from factory entry to inner delegation path
  • Eliminates unnecessary dictionary operations for synchronous eager completions
  • Only processes eager_start parameter when actually creating Task objects
  • Reduces overhead in the common case where coroutines complete immediately

Testing

• Cross-version Compatibility: Enhanced benchmark compatibility for older Python versions
  • Added hasattr(asyncio, 'eager_task_factory') version checking in performance tests
  • Graceful degradation when Python 3.12+ eager features are unavailable
  • Maintained full testing coverage across Python 3.10-3.14