Tkinter + threads = trouble?

Martin von Loewis loewis at informatik.hu-berlin.de
Mon Sep 17 04:33:19 EDT 2001


"Tim Peters" <tim.one at home.com> writes:

> for-more-info-read-the-tcl/tk-source-code<wink/sigh>-ly y'rs  - tim

I'd actually recommend the _tkinter source as a starting point. The
fact that Python protects Tcl with a global lock is noteworthy, as it
may explain many strange behaviours. This lock, of course, is
necessary since Tcl itself is not thread-safe.

Regards,
Martin




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