[Python] Would it ever make sense to use multithreading for I/O bound operations in modern...

I often hear that it in some circumstances it makes sense to use multi-threading for I/O operations (file operations, network communications, etc.). But why not just use asyncio for all I/O bound operations and stick to threads/processes for CPU-bound operations?

Are there any scenarios you can think of when multithreading would be better to use than asyncio in modern python (i.e. 3.10+) for I/O bound operations?


Why close this question? I don't think this is opinion-based. This can be very useful for people who are new to Python and not sure when to use multi-threading or async coroutines.

There is also this question, which is very similar but it is out-dated: Does multithreading make sense for IO-bound operations?

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