python
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ for the current process:
 
    If *policy* is set to ``None``, the default policy is restored.
 
+   .. deprecated:: next
+      The :func:`set_event_loop_policy` function is deprecated and
+      will be removed in Python 3.16.
+
 
 .. _asyncio-policy-objects:
 

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     'AbstractEventLoopPolicy',
     'AbstractEventLoop', 'AbstractServer',
     'Handle', 'TimerHandle',
-    'get_event_loop_policy', 'set_event_loop_policy',
+    'get_event_loop_policy',
+    '_set_event_loop_policy',
+    'set_event_loop_policy',
     'get_event_loop', 'set_event_loop', 'new_event_loop',
     '_set_running_loop', 'get_running_loop',
     '_get_running_loop',
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import threading
+import warnings
 
 from . import format_helpers
 
@@ -765,7 +768,7 @@ def get_event_loop_policy():
     return _event_loop_policy
 
 
-def set_event_loop_policy(policy):
+def _set_event_loop_policy(policy):
     """Set the current event loop policy.
 
     If policy is None, the default policy is restored."""
@@ -774,6 +777,9 @@ def set_event_loop_policy(policy):
         raise TypeError(f"policy must be an instance of AbstractEventLoopPolicy or None, not '{type(policy).__name__}'")
     _event_loop_policy = policy
 
+def set_event_loop_policy(policy):
+    warnings._deprecated('set_event_loop_policy', remove=(3,16))
+    _set_event_loop_policy(policy)
 
 def get_event_loop():
     """Return an asyncio event loop.

diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/save_env.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/save_env.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def get_asyncio_events__event_loop_policy(self):
         return support.maybe_get_event_loop_policy()
     def restore_asyncio_events__event_loop_policy(self, policy):
         asyncio = self.get_module('asyncio')
-        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(policy)
+        asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(policy)
 
     def get_sys_argv(self):
         return id(sys.argv), sys.argv, sys.argv[:]

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncgen.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncgen.py
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ def setUp(self):
     def tearDown(self):
         self.loop.close()
         self.loop = None
-        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+        asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
     def check_async_iterator_anext(self, ait_class):
         with self.subTest(anext="pure-Python"):

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 def mock_socket_module():

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class ReceiveStuffProto(asyncio.BufferedProtocol):

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(decimal.HAVE_CONTEXTVAR, "decimal is built with a thread-local context")

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class EagerTaskFactoryLoopTests:

@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 from test.support import socket_helper
 from test.support import threading_helper
 from test.support import ALWAYS_EQ, LARGEST, SMALLEST
-
+from test.support import warnings_helper
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 def broken_unix_getsockname():
@@ -2764,13 +2764,17 @@ def test_get_event_loop_policy(self):
         self.assertIs(policy, asyncio.get_event_loop_policy())
 
     def test_set_event_loop_policy(self):
-        self.assertRaises(
-            TypeError, asyncio.set_event_loop_policy, object())
+        with self.assertWarnsRegex(
+                DeprecationWarning, "'set_event_loop_policy' is deprecated"):
+            self.assertRaises(
+                TypeError, asyncio.set_event_loop_policy, object())
 
         old_policy = asyncio.get_event_loop_policy()
 
         policy = asyncio.DefaultEventLoopPolicy()
-        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(policy)
+        with self.assertWarnsRegex(
+                DeprecationWarning, "'set_event_loop_policy' is deprecated"):
+            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(policy)
         self.assertIs(policy, asyncio.get_event_loop_policy())
         self.assertIsNot(policy, old_policy)
 
@@ -2857,7 +2861,7 @@ def get_event_loop(self):
 
         old_policy = asyncio.get_event_loop_policy()
         try:
-            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(Policy())
+            asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(Policy())
             loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
 
             with self.assertRaises(TestError):
@@ -2885,7 +2889,7 @@ async def func():
                 asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
         finally:
-            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(old_policy)
+            asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(old_policy)
             if loop is not None:
                 loop.close()
 
@@ -2897,7 +2901,7 @@ async def func():
     def test_get_event_loop_returns_running_loop2(self):
         old_policy = asyncio.get_event_loop_policy()
         try:
-            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.DefaultEventLoopPolicy())
+            asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.DefaultEventLoopPolicy())
             loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
             self.addCleanup(loop.close)
 
@@ -2923,7 +2927,7 @@ async def func():
                 asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
         finally:
-            asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(old_policy)
+            asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(old_policy)
             if loop is not None:
                 loop.close()
 

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 def _fakefunc(f):

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class FutureTests:

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class LockTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 # Test that asyncio.iscoroutine() uses collections.abc.Coroutine

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 def close_transport(transport):

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 def tearDownModule():
     # not needed for the test file but added for uniformness with all other
     # asyncio test files for the sake of unified cleanup
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class ProtocolsAbsTests(unittest.TestCase):

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class QueueBasicTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 def interrupt_self():
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
 
         policy = TestPolicy(self.new_loop)
-        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(policy)
+        asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(policy)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         policy = asyncio.get_event_loop_policy()
         if policy.loop is not None:
             self.assertTrue(policy.loop.is_closed())
             self.assertTrue(policy.loop.shutdown_ag_run)
 
-        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+        asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
         super().tearDown()
 
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def new_event_loop():
             loop.set_task_factory(Task)
             return loop
 
-        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(TestPolicy(new_event_loop))
+        asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(TestPolicy(new_event_loop))
         with self.assertRaises(asyncio.CancelledError):
             asyncio.run(main())
 

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class TestBaseSelectorEventLoop(BaseSelectorEventLoop):

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class MySendfileProto(asyncio.Protocol):

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class BaseStartServer(func_tests.FunctionalTestCaseMixin):

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class MyProto(asyncio.Protocol):

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class MyBaseProto(asyncio.Protocol):

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 @unittest.skipIf(ssl is None, 'No ssl module')

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class StaggeredTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class StreamTests(test_utils.TestCase):

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class TestSubprocessTransport(base_subprocess.BaseSubprocessTransport):

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 # To prevent a warning "test altered the execution environment"
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class MyExc(Exception):

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 async def coroutine_function():

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class ToThreadTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 def tearDownModule():
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 class TimeoutTests(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 def tearDownModule():
     # not needed for the test file but added for uniformness with all other
     # asyncio test files for the sake of unified cleanup
-    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(None)
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
 
 
 class TransportTests(unittest.TestCase):