Python3.6 tkinter bug?

[Terry Reedy]

On 1/31/2017 3:43 PM, MRAB wrote:
> On 2017-01-31 19:18, George Trojan - NOAA Federal wrote:
>> The following program behaves differently under Python 3.6:
>>
>> '''
>> checkbutton test
>> '''
>>
>> import tkinter
>>
>> class GUI(tkinter.Tk):
>>     def __init__(self):
>>         tkinter.Tk.__init__(self)
>>         frame = tkinter.Frame(self)
>>         for tag in ('A', 'B'):
>>             w = tkinter.Checkbutton(frame, text=tag)
>>             w.pack(side='top', padx=10, pady=10)
>>             print(w)
>>         frame.pack(side='top')
>>         frame = tkinter.Frame(self)
>>         for tag in ('C', 'D'):
>>             w = tkinter.Checkbutton(frame, text=tag)
>>             w.pack(side='top', padx=10, pady=10)
>>             print(w)
>>         frame.pack(side='top')
>>
>> gui = GUI()
>> gui.mainloop()
>>
>> Selection of button 'A' also selects button 'C'. Same goes for 'B' and
>> 'D'.
>> I noticed that widget names have changed, which likely leads to the
>> cause:
>>
>>> /usr/local/Python-3.5.1/bin/python3 foo.py
>> .140182648425776.140182647743208
>> .140182648425776.140182647841848
>> .140182648424152.140182648282080
>> .140182648424152.140182648282136
>>
>>> /usr/local/Python-3.6.0/bin/python3 foo.py
>> .!frame.!checkbutton
>> .!frame.!checkbutton2
>> .!frame2.!checkbutton
>> .!frame2.!checkbutton2
>>
>> Is this a known issue?
>>
> I don't believe so; at least, I couldn't see it in the bug tracker.

Me neither.  I will open an issue on the tracker.

> Presumably you'll want to check the values of the checkboxes, so you'll
> bind them to tkinter variables (IntVar, etc). When you do that, it works
> correctly.
>


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Terry Jan Reedy