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-rw-r--r--Lib/tkinter/__init__.py6
-rw-r--r--Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py15
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index 23aec02..95b2581 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ class Variable:
_varnum += 1
if value is not None:
self.initialize(value)
- elif not self._tk.call("info", "exists", self._name):
+ elif not self._tk.getboolean(self._tk.call("info", "exists", self._name)):
self.initialize(self._default)
def __del__(self):
"""Unset the variable in Tcl."""
- if (self._tk is not None and self._tk.call("info", "exists",
- self._name)):
+ if (self._tk is not None and
+ self._tk.getboolean(self._tk.call("info", "exists", self._name))):
self._tk.globalunsetvar(self._name)
def __str__(self):
"""Return the name of the variable in Tcl."""
diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py
index 378cc92..fa1f898 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_variables.py
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ class TestBase(unittest.TestCase):
class TestVariable(TestBase):
+ def info_exists(self, *args):
+ return self.root.getboolean(self.root.call("info", "exists", *args))
+
def test_default(self):
v = Variable(self.root)
self.assertEqual("", v.get())
@@ -35,21 +38,21 @@ class TestVariable(TestBase):
self.assertEqual("varname", str(v))
def test___del__(self):
- self.assertFalse(self.root.call("info", "exists", "varname"))
+ self.assertFalse(self.info_exists("varname"))
v = Variable(self.root, "sample string", "varname")
- self.assertTrue(self.root.call("info", "exists", "varname"))
+ self.assertTrue(self.info_exists("varname"))
del v
- self.assertFalse(self.root.call("info", "exists", "varname"))
+ self.assertFalse(self.info_exists("varname"))
def test_dont_unset_not_existing(self):
- self.assertFalse(self.root.call("info", "exists", "varname"))
+ self.assertFalse(self.info_exists("varname"))
v1 = Variable(self.root, name="name")
v2 = Variable(self.root, name="name")
del v1
- self.assertFalse(self.root.call("info", "exists", "name"))
+ self.assertFalse(self.info_exists("name"))
# shouldn't raise exception
del v2
- self.assertFalse(self.root.call("info", "exists", "name"))
+ self.assertFalse(self.info_exists("name"))
def test___eq__(self):
# values doesn't matter, only class and name are checked
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 547f108..c6f5833 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #20067: Tkinter variables now work when wantobjects is false.
+
- Issue #19020: Tkinter now uses splitlist() instead of split() in configure
methods.