[Pythonmac-SIG] Tkinter crashes

[Jack Jansen]

Recently, Jim Boyle <boyle5@llnl.gov> said:
> On my PowerMac 7300/200 running OS9 and the MacPython 2.0 final I get 
> a crash running the pyboids program ( boids is a flocking simulator 
> described in the Amateur Scientist, Scientific American, Nov 2000, 
> pyboids is in the vaults of parnassus).
>  
> The trackback gives:
> TclError: too many nested calls to Tcl_Eval ( infinite loop?)
> 
> This codes uses the threading and Tkinter modules.

Ah, yet another area that I didn't do any testing in: Tkinter and
threading. I'd be interested in hearing reports of others who tried
this combination and whether it does or does not work.


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