Hi, Thus spoketh Cameron Laird <came...@phaseit.net> unto us on Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:16:22 +0000:
> . > <URL: http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/lib/truth.html > hmm, but this does not seem to apply to Tkinter, for example >>> root.overrideredirect([]) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1571, in wm_overrideredirect 'wm', 'overrideredirect', self._w, boolean)) _tkinter.TclError: expected boolean value but got "[]" >>> root.overrideredirect(0j) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1571, in wm_overrideredirect 'wm', 'overrideredirect', self._w, boolean)) _tkinter.TclError: expected boolean value but got "0j" >>> root.overrideredirect('') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1571, in wm_overrideredirect 'wm', 'overrideredirect', self._w, boolean)) _tkinter.TclError: expected boolean value but got "" but: >>> root.overrideredirect(0.0) >>> root.overrideredirect(0L) >>> root.overrideredirect(55) >>> whereas: >>> getboolean(0.0) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python3.1/tkinter/__init__.py", line 328, in getboolean return _default_root.tk.getboolean(s) TypeError: must be string, not float >>> getboolean(0L) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 336, in getboolean return _default_root.tk.getboolean(s) TypeError: getboolean() argument 1 must be string, not long so it actually looks like Tkinter behavior is not fully coherent here. Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. I thought my people would grow tired of killing. But you were right, they see it is easier than trading. And it has its pleasures. I feel it myself. Like the hunt, but with richer rewards. -- Apella, "A Private Little War", stardate 4211.8 _______________________________________________ Tkinter-discuss mailing list Tkinter-discuss@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tkinter-discuss
