Patch #518625: Return objects in Tkinter.

Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     _MacOS = None
 
+want_objects = 1
+
 TkVersion = float(_tkinter.TK_VERSION)
 TclVersion = float(_tkinter.TCL_VERSION)
 
@@ -1521,6 +1523,7 @@ class Tk(Misc, Wm):
             if ext not in ('.py', '.pyc', '.pyo'):
                 baseName = baseName + ext
         self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)
+        self.tk.wantobjects(want_objects)
         if _MacOS and hasattr(_MacOS, 'SchedParams'):
             # Disable event scanning except for Command-Period
             _MacOS.SchedParams(1, 0)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ Core and builtins
 Extension modules
 -----------------
 
+- _tkinter now returns Tcl objects, instead of strings. Objects which
+  have Python equivalents are converted to Python objects, other objects
+  are wrapped. This can be configured through the wantobjects method,
+  or Tkinter.want_objects.
+
 - The PyBSDDB wrapper around the Sleepycat Berkely DB library has been
   added as the package bsddb. The traditional bsddb module is still
   available in source code, but not built automatically anymore, and