[Python-Dev] The zombi thread of the Tcl library

[Victor Stinner]

Le mercredi 04 mai 2011 à 12:05 +0200, Antoine Pitrou a écrit :
> On Wed, 04 May 2011 10:58:42 +0200
> Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Tcl_Finalize() exits the thread, but this function is never called in
> > Python. Anyway, it is not possible to unload a module implemented in C.
> 
> You could expose Tcl_Finalize() for debug purposes and call it in
> test_signal.

Good idea. I opened an issue with a patch implementing Tcl_Finalize():
http://bugs.python.org/issue11998

I also added a workaround _tkinter border effect in test_signal.
Buildbots look to be happy.

Victor