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diff --git a/Doc/library/tk.rst b/Doc/library/tk.rst index c6c73f0..691c9df 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 0000000..db4973d --- /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, |