bpo-33479: Remove unqualified tkinter threadsafe claim. (GH-6990) (GH… · python/cpython@c7dfbd2 (original) (raw)

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@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ The :mod:`tkinter` package is a thin object-oriented layer on top of Tcl/Tk. To
19 19 use :mod:`tkinter`, you don't need to write Tcl code, but you will need to
20 20 consult the Tk documentation, and occasionally the Tcl documentation.
21 21 :mod:`tkinter` is a set of wrappers that implement the Tk widgets as Python
22 -classes. In addition, the internal module :mod:`_tkinter` provides a threadsafe
23 -mechanism which allows Python and Tcl to interact.
22 +classes.
24 23
25 24 :mod:`tkinter`'s chief virtues are that it is fast, and that it usually comes
26 25 bundled with Python. Although its standard documentation is weak, good
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1 +Remove the unqualified claim that tkinter is threadsafe. It has not been
2 +true for several years and likely never was. An explanation of what is true
3 +may be added later, after more discussion, and possibly after patching
4 +_tkinter.c,