From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 09:32:21 +0000 (-0400) Subject: bpo-33479: Remove unqualified tkinter threadsafe claim. (GH-6990) X-Git-Tag: v3.11.0a1~434 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b37d0d5300813de31d66df1c77dad7e1027e4d8;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git bpo-33479: Remove unqualified tkinter threadsafe claim. (GH-6990) It has not been true for several years and likely never was. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/tk.rst b/Doc/library/tk.rst index c6c73f057cab..691c9df5e8f8 100644 --- a/Doc/library/tk.rst +++ b/Doc/library/tk.rst @@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ The :mod:`tkinter` package is a thin object-oriented layer on top of Tcl/Tk. To use :mod:`tkinter`, you don't need to write Tcl code, but you will need to consult the Tk documentation, and occasionally the Tcl documentation. :mod:`tkinter` is a set of wrappers that implement the Tk widgets as Python -classes. In addition, the internal module :mod:`_tkinter` provides a threadsafe -mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact. +classes. :mod:`tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes bundled with Python. Although its standard documentation is weak, good diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-05-19-15-59-29.bpo-33479.4cLlxo.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-05-19-15-59-29.bpo-33479.4cLlxo.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..db4973d39239 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-05-19-15-59-29.bpo-33479.4cLlxo.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Remove the unqualified claim that tkinter is threadsafe. It has not been +true for several years and likely never was. An explanation of what is true +may be added later, after more discussion, and possibly after patching +_tkinter.c,