[Python-Dev] Do we need to support Tcl/Tk versions before 8.0? (original) (raw)

Moshe Zadka Moshe Zadka mzadka@geocities.com
Tue, 28 Mar 2000 07:47:13 +0200 (IST)

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:

The tkinter.c source code is littered with #ifdefs that mostly center around distinguishing between Tcl/Tk 8.0 and older versions. The two pre-8.0 version supported seem to be 7.5/4.1 and 7.6/4.2.

Would it be reasonable to assume that everybody is using at least Tcl/Tk version 8.0? This would simplify the code somewhat.

I want to ask a different question: when is Python going to officially support Tcl/Tk v8.2/8.3? I'd really like for this to happen, as I hate having several libraries of Tcl/Tk on my machine.

(I assume you know the joke about Jews always answering a question with a question )

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