[Tutor] Why does "window = tk.Tk()" open a tkinter window when typed in the Python interpreter?

[Alan Gauld]

On 28/08/2020 21:38, boB Stepp wrote:

>> Because it's what Tcl/Tk does...
> 
> Perhaps I should phrase the question differently:  Why does this
> happen in the interpreter but does *not* happen if I run a program
> without calling window.mainloop()?

I repeat, because its what Tcl/Tk does....

Now why (or more to the point how)  Tcl/Tk does that, I have no idea!

Sorry...

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