python
diff --git a/‎Lib/asyncio/futures.py‎
Lines changed: 10 additions & 2 deletions b/‎Lib/asyncio/futures.py‎
Lines changed: 10 additions & 2 deletions
diff --git a/‎Lib/asyncio/tasks.py‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 3 deletions b/‎Lib/asyncio/tasks.py‎
Lines changed: 4 additions & 3 deletions
@@ -134,7 +134,15 @@ class Future:
     _loop = None
     _source_traceback = None
 
-    _blocking = False  # proper use of future (yield vs yield from)
+    # This field is used for a dual purpose:
+    # - Its presence is a marker to declare that a class implements
+    #   the Future protocol (i.e. is intended to be duck-type compatible).
+    #   The value must also be not-None, to enable a subclass to declare
+    #   that it is not compatible by setting this to None.
+    # - It is set by __iter__() below so that Task._step() can tell
+    #   the difference between `yield from Future()` (correct) vs.
+    #   `yield Future()` (incorrect).
+    _asyncio_future_blocking = False
 
     _log_traceback = False   # Used for Python 3.4 and later
     _tb_logger = None        # Used for Python 3.3 only
@@ -357,7 +365,7 @@ def set_exception(self, exception):
 
     def __iter__(self):
         if not self.done():
-            self._blocking = True
+            self._asyncio_future_blocking = True
             yield self  # This tells Task to wait for completion.
         assert self.done(), "yield from wasn't used with future"
         return self.result()  # May raise too.
 
@@ -249,16 +249,17 @@ def _step(self, exc=None):
             self.set_exception(exc)
             raise
         else:
-            if isinstance(result, futures.Future):
+            blocking = getattr(result, '_asyncio_future_blocking', None)
+            if blocking is not None:
                 # Yielded Future must come from Future.__iter__().
                 if result._loop is not self._loop:
                     self._loop.call_soon(
                         self._step,
                         RuntimeError(
                             'Task {!r} got Future {!r} attached to a '
                             'different loop'.format(self, result)))
-                elif result._blocking:
-                    result._blocking = False
+                elif blocking:
+                    result._asyncio_future_blocking = False
                     result.add_done_callback(self._wakeup)
                     self._fut_waiter = result
                     if self._must_cancel: