Tkinter single-threaded deadlock

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by examining deadlocktest-0.2.tar.gz, then review reentrant-tkinter.patch alongside its source, tests, and documentation changes. Reproduce the Tkinter single-threaded deadlock and determine whether the proposed patch addresses it; done should include verified behavior and corresponding tests and docs.

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Description

3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) stdlib topic-tkinter type-bug
BPO 14390
Nosy @ned-deily, @bitdancer, @asvetlov
Files
  • deadlocktest-0.2.tar.gz: Tarball of a standalone test exhibiting the faulty behavior
  • reentrant-tkinter.patch: Patch for source, tests, and docs
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-03-22.20:48:30.561>
labels = ['3.8', 'type-bug', 'expert-tkinter', '3.9', '3.10']
title = 'Tkinter single-threaded deadlock'
updated_at = <Date 2020-11-16.00:04:57.129>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/jcbollinger'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2020-11-16.00:04:57.129>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Tkinter']
creation = <Date 2012-03-22.20:48:30.561>
creator = 'jcbollinger'
dependencies = []
files = ['25032', '25866']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 14390
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 11.0
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nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['ned.deily', 'jnoller', 'r.david.murray', 'asvetlov', 'jcbollinger']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue14390'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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