wait_variable hangs at exit

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start with the linked WaitTest.py demo of the wait_variable bug and review issue978604.diff for the proposed direction. Reproduce the exit hang in the Tkinter component, then inspect the current regression coverage and linked PR gh-152619. Done means the reported wait_variable exit behavior no longer hangs and the relevant test coverage passes.

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Description

3.11 stdlib topic-tkinter type-bug
BPO 978604
Nosy @loewis, @terryjreedy, @devdanzin, @asvetlov
Files
  • WaitTest.py: demo of wait_variable bug
  • issue978604.diff
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = 'https://github.com/loewis'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2004-06-23.23:07:12.000>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-tkinter', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
title = 'wait_variable hangs at exit'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-26.00:32:27.209>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/reowen'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-12-26.00:32:27.209>
actor = 'ajaksu2'
assignee = 'loewis'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Tkinter']
creation = <Date 2004-06-23.23:07:12.000>
creator = 'reowen'
dependencies = []
files = ['1314', '13528']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 978604
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 8.0
messages = ['21265', '82060', '84896', '84921', '84944', '84959', '139198', '409177']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['loewis', 'terry.reedy', 'reowen', 'ajaksu2', 'gpolo', 'asvetlov']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'test needed'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue978604'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

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