bpo-42759: Fix equality comparison of Variable and Font in Tkinter (GH-23968)

Objects which belong to different Tcl interpreters are now always
different, even if they have the same name.

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index fec56553e4208c5c443ac97fd28e73dedc45d91a..57ac3fb5cf6ef4d7beba0340b0225ddc7ed76e92 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -516,15 +516,11 @@ class Variable:
             self._tk.call("trace", "vinfo", self._name))]
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        """Comparison for equality (==).
-
-        Note: if the Variable's master matters to behavior
-        also compare self._master == other._master
-        """
         if not isinstance(other, Variable):
             return NotImplemented
-        return self.__class__.__name__ == other.__class__.__name__ \
-            and self._name == other._name
+        return (self._name == other._name
+                and self.__class__.__name__ == other.__class__.__name__
+                and self._tk == other._tk)
 
 
 class StringVar(Variable):

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/font.py b/Lib/tkinter/font.py
index 06ed01b99cfc3f5e1b4adacd275186126551b323..3e24e28ef58cde90dafe78016ce38867a008b450 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/tkinter/font.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/font.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Font:
     def __eq__(self, other):
         if not isinstance(other, Font):
             return NotImplemented
-        return self.name == other.name
+        return self.name == other.name and self._tk == other._tk
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         return self.cget(key)

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
index 0354c5f3044e7b0e84546d8a61bffda7f0e2cbab..91f99741171972cf7d3aa1cc846b0946ae20632a 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_font.py
@@ -63,15 +63,22 @@ class FontTest(AbstractTkTest, unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.font.name, fontname)
         self.assertEqual(str(self.font), fontname)
 
-    def test_eq(self):
+    def test_equality(self):
         font1 = font.Font(root=self.root, name=fontname, exists=True)
         font2 = font.Font(root=self.root, name=fontname, exists=True)
         self.assertIsNot(font1, font2)
         self.assertEqual(font1, font2)
         self.assertNotEqual(font1, font1.copy())
+
         self.assertNotEqual(font1, 0)
         self.assertEqual(font1, ALWAYS_EQ)
 
+        root2 = tkinter.Tk()
+        self.addCleanup(root2.destroy)
+        font3 = font.Font(root=root2, name=fontname, exists=True)
+        self.assertEqual(str(font1), str(font3))
+        self.assertNotEqual(font1, font3)
+
     def test_measure(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(self.font.measure('abc'), int)
 

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py
index 63d7c21059e38c71f22c86642342f4df059ed6cf..6aebe8d16d556b66ca243ddf3e9464572a46c742 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py
@@ -58,22 +58,32 @@ class TestVariable(TestBase):
         del v2
         self.assertFalse(self.info_exists("name"))
 
-    def test___eq__(self):
+    def test_equality(self):
         # values doesn't matter, only class and name are checked
         v1 = Variable(self.root, name="abc")
         v2 = Variable(self.root, name="abc")
         self.assertIsNot(v1, v2)
         self.assertEqual(v1, v2)
 
-        v3 = StringVar(self.root, name="abc")
+        v3 = Variable(self.root, name="cba")
         self.assertNotEqual(v1, v3)
 
+        v4 = StringVar(self.root, name="abc")
+        self.assertEqual(str(v1), str(v4))
+        self.assertNotEqual(v1, v4)
+
         V = type('Variable', (), {})
         self.assertNotEqual(v1, V())
 
         self.assertNotEqual(v1, object())
         self.assertEqual(v1, ALWAYS_EQ)
 
+        root2 = tkinter.Tk()
+        self.addCleanup(root2.destroy)
+        v5 = Variable(root2, name="abc")
+        self.assertEqual(str(v1), str(v5))
+        self.assertNotEqual(v1, v5)
+
     def test_invalid_name(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             Variable(self.root, name=123)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-27-22-19-26.bpo-42759.lGi_03.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-27-22-19-26.bpo-42759.lGi_03.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..a5ec7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-27-22-19-26.bpo-42759.lGi_03.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixed equality comparison of :class:`tkinter.Variable` and
+:class:`tkinter.font.Font`. Objects which belong to different Tcl
+interpreters are now always different, even if they have the same name.