[Idle-dev] Entry point Tcl_Alloc not found in tcl80.dll

[Bob Calco]

This isn't specifically regarding Idle development, but I thought I'd ask,
since I first noticed the problem trying to start up Idle.

pythonw.exe started having problems with the tcl80.dll on or about the time
I installed Tcl 8.3.1 on my system yesterday, to check it out. Now I know
Python 1.5.2 needs 8.0.5 of Tcl, and I didn't uninstall that, I just
installed Tcl 8.3.1 in its own little directory. Anyway, to make a long
story short, I uninstalled everything -- Tcl 8.3.1, Tcl 8.0.5, and Python
1.5.2 (as well as the Win32 extensions and PythonWin). Then I reinstalled
everything but Tcl 8.3.1 and rebooted my system. It still says

	Entry point Tcl_Alloc could not be found in tcl80.dll

three times before exiting. Mind you Tcl's wish80 comes up fine, and the
PythonWin stuff (not relying on Tk at all) also works fine. However
pythonw.exe (and therefore idle-0.5) still have that same dll problem.

Mind you I'm on Win 2K -- what? You mean they didn't solve the "DLL Hell"
problem? I'm shocked!

Any ideas anybody?

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