From bfe175c1901514742a4256d8792e143b4fe224b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Martin=20v=2E=20L=C3=B6wis?= Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:42:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] For StringVar results to strings. Document that boolean things are of type bool. Requested in #721171. --- Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py | 11 +++++++---- Misc/NEWS | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py index 8fa8e6e4bb7..bd36d10f586 100644 --- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py +++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py @@ -223,7 +223,10 @@ class StringVar(Variable): def get(self): """Return value of variable as string.""" - return self._tk.globalgetvar(self._name) + value = self._tk.globalgetvar(self._name) + if isinstance(value, basestring): + return value + return str(value) class IntVar(Variable): """Value holder for integer variables.""" @@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ class BooleanVar(Variable): Variable.__init__(self, master) def get(self): - """Return the value of the variable as 0 or 1.""" + """Return the value of the variable as a bool.""" return self._tk.getboolean(self._tk.globalgetvar(self._name)) def mainloop(n=0): @@ -369,7 +372,7 @@ class Misc: getint = int getdouble = float def getboolean(self, s): - """Return 0 or 1 for Tcl boolean values true and false given as parameter.""" + """Return a boolean value for Tcl boolean values true and false given as parameter.""" return self.tk.getboolean(s) def focus_set(self): """Direct input focus to this widget. @@ -1636,7 +1639,7 @@ class Pack: anchor=NSEW (or subset) - position widget according to given direction before=widget - pack it before you will pack widget - expand=1 or 0 - expand widget if parent size grows + expand=bool - expand widget if parent size grows fill=NONE or X or Y or BOTH - fill widget if widget grows in=master - use master to contain this widget ipadx=amount - add internal padding in x direction diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 5eef5e9104f..1e3800b3c26 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Core and builtins Extension modules ----------------- +- Tkinter wrappers around Tcl variables now pass objects directly + to Tcl, instead of first converting them to strings. + - The .*? pattern in the re module is now special-cased to avoid the recursion limit. (SF patch #720991 -- many thanks to Gary Herron and Greg Chapman.)