[Python-Dev] Tkinter problems with Tcl/Tk 8.5

[George Peter Staplin]

Hello,

I am a Tcl/Tk core developer.  I'm trying to resolve some bugs that  
have surfaced in Tkinter with Tcl/Tk 8.5.  8.5.0 is very near release,  
and I'm hoping we can determine where the problem is, and resolve it  
soon.

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1851526&group_id=12997&atid=112997

It seems very peculiar how the text widget's bbox is returning a  
Python-like list and therefore breaking the Tcl callback.  I haven't  
thus far been able to determine which python method is causing that,  
or if it's something related to the hooks you have added.  The same  
problem doesn't occur with 8.4.

It also has been suggested by some on the Tcl core team (during  
discussions about this bug) that you probably shouldn't be using  
Tcl_GetObjType and relying on the registered Tcl_ObjTypes, however I'm  
not sure of a way to get what you need otherwise.

Tcl 8.5 now supports big integers, so I think some changes may be  
needed in _tkinter.c for that.

The list internal rep has changed as well, and I'm not sure if that  
will affect you.  Another developer also pointed out that the text  
widget is returning a Tcl_Obj with a list type, rather than a string  
for the bbox subcommand, so that could be related to this bug.

I hope that we can work together to resolve the issues you may have with Tk.


George
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