[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-729317 ] comparing versions - one a float

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Bugs item #729317, was opened at 2003-04-29 05:41
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Category: Tkinter
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 6
Submitted By: Larry Bugbee (thunderbug)
>Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: comparing versions - one a float

Initial Comment:
Tkinter.py, line 1572, 2.3b1 from python.org....

Attempts to compare tcl_version with
_tkinter.TCL_VERSION.  Both have the same value, 8.4,
but...

    tcl_version is a <type 'float'> and
    _tkinter.TCL_VERSION is a <type 'str'>

Temporary kludge: wrap it...    str(tcl_version)


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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-05-10 09:29

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This seems to happen only in the Mac version of Tcl. I can't
reproduce it on Linux or Windows, and I can't see anything
in the Tcl sources that may causing it.

tcl_version is set in generic/tclBasic.c using Tcl_SetVar,
i.e. as a string. It is never referred-to in the Tcl
sources, except for being returned from 'info tclversion'.
So I can't see why it would ever be changed to a floating
point object.

Perhaps the Mac is not using the original Tcl source code?
Assigning to Jack for further investigation.

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Comment By: Larry Bugbee (thunderbug)
Date: 2003-05-10 04:44

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Several of us have encountered this.  Personally, I have seen this with 
Tcl/Tk 8.4.1 under Mac OS X 10.2.4 and MacPython 2.3a2.  ...and with 
Tcl/Tk 8.4.2.  ...and under 10.2.5 and 2.3b1.  I've tried several 
combinations.  

My sources came from ftp://ftp.python.org and http://ftp.cwi.nl/jack/
python/mac/ .  I hope this helps.  

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-05-09 10:50

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I cannot reproduce this. What operating system is this, what
is the precise Tcl version, and where can I get the source
code of this Tcl version?

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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2003-05-07 00:00

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Martin, is this something you can look at in Eric's absence?

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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2003-04-29 07:00

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Eric,  I think this was your change.

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