[3.8] bpo-42630: Improve error reporting in Tkinter for absent default root (GH-23781) (GH-23854)

* Tkinter functions and constructors which need a default root window
  raise now RuntimeError with descriptive message instead of obscure
  AttributeError or NameError if it is not created yet or cannot
  be created automatically.

* Add tests for all functions which use default root window.

* Fix import in the pynche script.

(cherry picked from commit 3d569fd6dccf9f582bafaca04d3535094cae393e)

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/test/support.py b/Lib/tkinter/test/support.py
index 467a0b6..dbc47a8 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/test/support.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/test/support.py
@@ -36,6 +36,33 @@ class AbstractTkTest:
             w.destroy()
         self.root.withdraw()
 
+
+class AbstractDefaultRootTest:
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._old_support_default_root = tkinter._support_default_root
+        destroy_default_root()
+        tkinter._support_default_root = True
+        self.wantobjects = tkinter.wantobjects
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        destroy_default_root()
+        tkinter._default_root = None
+        tkinter._support_default_root = self._old_support_default_root
+
+    def _test_widget(self, constructor):
+        # no master passing
+        x = constructor()
+        self.assertIsNotNone(tkinter._default_root)
+        self.assertIs(x.master, tkinter._default_root)
+        self.assertIs(x.tk, tkinter._default_root.tk)
+        x.destroy()
+        destroy_default_root()
+        tkinter.NoDefaultRoot()
+        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, constructor)
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(tkinter, '_default_root'))
+
+
 def destroy_default_root():
     if getattr(tkinter, '_default_root', None):
         tkinter._default_root.update_idletasks()