changeset:   92423:994a16b51544
branch:      2.7
user:        Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
date:        Sun Sep 14 21:17:16 2014 +0300
files:       Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
description:
Issue #22384: An exception in Tkinter callback no longer crashes the program
when it is run with pythonw.exe.

Documented that Tk.report_callback_exception() is purposed to be overriden in
applications.


diff -r 8f678db15869 -r 994a16b51544 Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py	Sun Sep 14 17:40:44 2014 +0300
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py	Sun Sep 14 21:17:16 2014 +0300
@@ -1879,9 +1879,12 @@
         if os.path.isfile(base_py):
             execfile(base_py, dir)
     def report_callback_exception(self, exc, val, tb):
-        """Internal function. It reports exception on sys.stderr."""
+        """Report callback exception on sys.stderr.
+
+        Applications may want to override this internal function, and
+        should when sys.stderr is None."""
         import traceback, sys
-        sys.stderr.write("Exception in Tkinter callback\n")
+        print >>sys.stderr, "Exception in Tkinter callback"
         sys.last_type = exc
         sys.last_value = val
         sys.last_traceback = tb