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  r68010 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-12-29 17:22:25 +0100 (Mo, 29 Dez 2008) | 2 lines

  Issue #3767: Convert Tk object to string in tkColorChooser.
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2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/colorchooser.py b/Lib/tkinter/colorchooser.py
index cab77dc322..6027067208 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/colorchooser.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/colorchooser.py
@@ -34,19 +34,22 @@ class Chooser(Dialog):
         try:
             # make sure initialcolor is a tk color string
             color = self.options["initialcolor"]
-            if type(color) == type(()):
+            if isinstance(color, tuple):
                 # assume an RGB triplet
                 self.options["initialcolor"] = "#%02x%02x%02x" % color
         except KeyError:
             pass
 
     def _fixresult(self, widget, result):
+        # result can be somethings: an empty tuple, an empty string or
+        # a Tcl_Obj, so this somewhat weird check handles that
+        if not result or not str(result):
+            return None, None # canceled
+
         # to simplify application code, the color chooser returns
         # an RGB tuple together with the Tk color string
-        if not result:
-            return None, None # canceled
         r, g, b = widget.winfo_rgb(result)
-        return (r/256, g/256, b/256), result
+        return (r/256, g/256, b/256), str(result)
 
 
 #
@@ -66,5 +69,4 @@ def askcolor(color = None, **options):
 # test stuff
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-
     print("color", askcolor())
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a830fc443b..f483a1ca6c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #3767: Convert Tk object to string in tkColorChooser.
+
 - Issue #3248: Allow placing ScrolledText in a PanedWindow.
 
 - Issue #4444: Allow assertRaises() to be used as a context handler, so that