Possible bug in Tkinter - Python 2.6

[Terry Reedy]

Eric Brunel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I found a behaviour that might be a bug in Tkinter for Python 2.6. Here 
> is the script:
> 
> -----------------------------
> from Tkinter import *
> from tkMessageBox import *
> from tkFileDialog import *
> 
> root = Tk()
> 
> def ask_file():
>   file_name = askopenfilename()
>   print file_name
> 
> def ask_confirm():
>   answer = askyesno()
>   print answer
> 
> Button(root, text='Ask file', command=ask_file).pack()
> Button(root, text='Ask confirm', command=ask_confirm).pack()
> 
> root.mainloop()
> -----------------------------
> 
> Scenario:
> - Run the script.
> - Click the 'Ask confirm' button and answer 'Yes'; it should print True, 
> which is the expected answer.
> - Click the 'Ask file' button, select any file and confirm.
> - Click the 'Ask confirm' button and answer 'Yes'.
> 
> At the last step, the script prints 'False' for me, which is quite 
> wrong. Can anybody confirm this?
> 
> I reproduced this problem on Linux Fedora Core 4 and Suse Enterprise 
> Server 9, and on Solaris 8 for Sparc and Solaris 10 for Intel. However, 
> it seems to work correctly on Windows 2000. I could only test with 
> Python 2.6, and not 2.6.1. But I didn't see any mention of this problem 
> in the release notes.
> 
> And BTW, if this is actually a bug, where can I report it?

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