TomSchimansky / TomSchimansky/TkinterMapView

Error thrown when closing GUI

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Description

When closing a GUI window with a tkintermapview widget in a tab, it throws the following error:

Exception ignored in: <function Image.__del__ at 0x7ff8fe646af0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.9/tkinter/__init__.py", line 4018, in __del__
TypeError: catching classes that do not inherit from BaseException is not allowed

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the error when closing a GUI window containing a tkintermapview widget inside a tab. Use the traceback's tkinter/init.py Image.del path to investigate the cleanup failure; done means closing the window no longer emits this exception.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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