[Python-checkins] gh-57762: fix misleading tkinter.Tk docstring (GH-98837)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/de74d49b21f7671e2cbacf686e63efaee51959f5
commit: de74d49b21f7671e2cbacf686e63efaee51959f5
branch: 3.10
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-12-22T15:03:38-08:00
summary:

gh-57762: fix misleading tkinter.Tk docstring (GH-98837)


Mentioned as a desired change by terryjreedy on the corresponding issue,
since Tk is not a subclass of Toplevel.
(cherry picked from commit ad23da0e77c4c4a3185df64d1c199b8c17e08188)

Co-authored-by: Shantanu <12621235+hauntsaninja at users.noreply.github.com>

files:
M Lib/tkinter/__init__.py

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index d42d9a013dd6..7b8dc7bdcd8c 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ class Tk(Misc, Wm):
 
     def __init__(self, screenName=None, baseName=None, className='Tk',
                  useTk=True, sync=False, use=None):
-        """Return a new Toplevel widget on screen SCREENNAME. A new Tcl interpreter will
+        """Return a new top level widget on screen SCREENNAME. A new Tcl interpreter will
         be created. BASENAME will be used for the identification of the profile file (see
         readprofile).
         It is constructed from sys.argv[0] without extensions if None is given. CLASSNAME



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