From cd7e9c1b67d3d07ee03e0a79af2791c19031cecb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 19:41:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ttk: fix LabeledScale and OptionMenu destroy() method (#3025)

bpo-31135: Call the parent destroy() method even if the used
attribute doesn't exist.

The LabeledScale.destroy() method now also explicitly clears label
and scale attributes to help the garbage collector to destroy all
widgets.
---
 Lib/tkinter/ttk.py                                   | 12 ++++++++----
 .../Library/2017-08-08-14-44-37.bpo-31135.HH94xR.rst |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-08-08-14-44-37.bpo-31135.HH94xR.rst

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py b/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py
index 3ecc004f0e0..e1a965e8dff 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/ttk.py
@@ -1543,11 +1543,12 @@ class LabeledScale(Frame):
         try:
             self._variable.trace_vdelete('w', self.__tracecb)
         except AttributeError:
-            # widget has been destroyed already
             pass
         else:
             del self._variable
-            Frame.destroy(self)
+        super().destroy()
+        self.label = None
+        self.scale = None
 
 
     def _adjust(self, *args):
@@ -1644,5 +1645,8 @@ class OptionMenu(Menubutton):
 
     def destroy(self):
         """Destroy this widget and its associated variable."""
-        del self._variable
-        Menubutton.destroy(self)
+        try:
+            del self._variable
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        super().destroy()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-08-08-14-44-37.bpo-31135.HH94xR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-08-08-14-44-37.bpo-31135.HH94xR.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60068fb648f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-08-08-14-44-37.bpo-31135.HH94xR.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ttk: fix the destroy() method of LabeledScale and OptionMenu classes.
+Call the parent destroy() method even if the used attribute doesn't
+exist. The LabeledScale.destroy() method now also explicitly clears label and
+scale attributes to help the garbage collector to destroy all widgets.