From 4004e21484145a485fc76d92f1c0e382457e92c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:25:36 +0000
Subject: Another fix for Split() -- don't refuse {"} but turn it into ". This
 is needed because if a configure option has " as its value, it will be
 rendered as {"}; after stripping one level of quoting it's just ", on which
 splitlist will barf.

---
 Modules/_tkinter.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index 3ce0fac..1315c1b 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -255,7 +255,13 @@ Split (self, list)
     }
 
   if (Tcl_SplitList (Tkapp_Interp (self), list, &argc, &argv) == TCL_ERROR)
-    return Tkinter_Error (self);
+    {
+      /* Not a list.
+	 Could be a quoted string containing funnies, e.g. {"}.
+	 Return the string itself. */
+      PyErr_Clear();
+      return PyString_FromString(list);
+    }
 
   if (argc == 0)
     v = PyString_FromString ("");
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