Just tested Tcl/Tk 8.3.0 with Python: Some problems remain.

[Peter Funk]

Hi!

Some challenging hours ago I wrote:
> Subject: Just tested Tcl/Tk 8.3.0 with Python: It works (on SuSE Linux)!
[...]
> I've just installed and build the Tcl/Tk 8.3.0 combo from source and
> tested it together with a rather recent Python CVS tarball (Feb 10th,
[...]
> But since the Python test suite currently does nothing with Tkinter,
> my testing of the Tkinter/Tcl/Tk 8.3 combo is still incomplete.
[...]

But the Pmw (python mega widgets) Toolkit, current version is
0.8.3, contains a rather long and decent test suite called All.py,
which used to run without error on Python 1.5.2 with Tcl/Tk 8.0.5.
This test suite stresses also many parts of the underlying Tk-Subsystem.

Unfortunately this test crashes the interpreter during the combobox
test with the following back trace (shortened here):

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x401812bf in FreeResources () from /usr/local/lib/libtk8.3.so
(gdb) 
(gdb) bt
#0  0x401812bf in FreeResources () from /usr/local/lib/libtk8.3.so
#1  0x401810d4 in Tk_FreeConfigOptions () from /usr/local/lib/libtk8.3.so
#2  0x401b546b in DestroyListbox () from /usr/local/lib/libtk8.3.so
#3  0x402722c3 in Tcl_EventuallyFree () from /usr/local/lib/libtcl8.3.so
#4  0x401b65e7 in ListboxEventProc () from /usr/local/lib/libtk8.3.so
#5  0x40183424 in Tk_HandleEvent () from /usr/local/lib/libtk8.3.so
#6  0x40199332 in Tk_DestroyWindow () from /usr/local/lib/libtk8.3.so
[...]
#54 0x8079482 in PyEval_EvalCode (co=0x80db5d8, globals=0x80ac7e0, 
    locals=0x80ac7e0) at ceval.c:324
#55 0x805d48e in run_node (n=0x80ab188, filename=0xbffff14d "./All.py", 
    globals=0x80ac7e0, locals=0x80ac7e0) at pythonrun.c:891
#56 0x805d43c in run_err_node (n=0x80ab188, filename=0xbffff14d "./All.py", 
    globals=0x80ac7e0, locals=0x80ac7e0) at pythonrun.c:876
#57 0x805d408 in PyRun_File (fp=0x80a9ae8, filename=0xbffff14d "./All.py", 
    start=257, globals=0x80ac7e0, locals=0x80ac7e0) at pythonrun.c:864
#58 0x805cb07 in PyRun_SimpleFile (fp=0x80a9ae8, 
    filename=0xbffff14d "./All.py") at pythonrun.c:574
#59 0x805c759 in PyRun_AnyFile (fp=0x80a9ae8, filename=0xbffff14d "./All.py")
    at pythonrun.c:455
#60 0x804fa23 in Py_Main (argc=2, argv=0xbfffee84) at main.c:294
#61 0x804f500 in main (argc=2, argv=0xbfffee84) at python.c:12

May be someone else feels eager to reproduce this on his personal
platform?  Or investigate this further in more detail? ;-)
Or eager to forward this experience to the Tcl/Tk people?

Regards from Germany, Peter
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Peter Funk, Oldenburger Str.86, 27777 Ganderkesee, Tel: 04222 9502 70, Fax: -60