[Python-Dev] Drop/deprecate Tkinter? (original) (raw)

Matěj Cepl mcepl at cepl.eu
Thu May 3 01:39:05 EDT 2018

On 2018-05-02, 21:41 GMT, Guido van Rossum wrote:

So what do you think. Do you agree with the OP that Tkinter (and hence IDLE) should be scrapped?

It absolutely impossible to remove Tkinter IMHO (it has been part of stdlib since like forever and people expect it there; its removal would be betrayal on the level of switching = to :=), I have my doubts about IDLE though. I know, the same argument applies, but really, does anybody use IDLE for development for long time, what is its real value for the community? Although, even this argument is questionable, because Python has some affinity with the learning, and IDLE is a nice for first steps nibbling into Python.

Best,

Matěj

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