Turtle - rotate head when shape is set to image

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

I found turtle module to be a great way to introduce my kid to programming. I spotted that he is especially enjoying some interactive scripts, that react to keys or clicking. My problem is that currently when head shape is set to an image, it's not getting rotated which is quite a limitation when it comes to achieving some interesting effects while keeping the code simple.

Would you consider adding an option to rotate turtle head shape when it's set to an image to the library?

Sample code could work like this:

import turtle

sc = turtle.Screen()
sc.addshape("./car.png", rotate_image_shape=True)

t = turtle.Turtle()
t.shape("./car.png")

def handle_click(x,y):
    t.setheading(t.towards(x,y))
    t.goto(x,y)

sc.onclick(handle_click)

turtle.mainloop()

so unless you explicitly say that you want to rotate image shape, it would work as it used to.

I did some research and implemented sample solution here:
https://github.com/python/cpython/compare/main...kbialowas:cpython:tilt-turtle-transformation

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

https://discuss.python.org/t/turtle-make-it-possible-to-tilt-image-shape/81890/2

Linked PRs

• gh-130855

Start with the turtle module entry points shown in the proposal, especially Screen.addshape(), Turtle.shape(), and heading changes, then review the linked sample solution and PR gh-130855. Done means image shapes can opt into rotation while preserving the existing behavior when the option is omitted.