diff -r ccffce2dde49 Modules/_tkinter.c
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c	Wed May 29 23:38:00 2013 +0300
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c	Thu May 30 17:49:20 2013 +0300
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@
       /* fall through: return tcl object. */
     }
 
-    if (value->typePtr == app->StringType) {
+    if (1 || value->typePtr == app->StringType) {
 #if TCL_UTF_MAX==3
         return PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(
             PyUnicode_2BYTE_KIND, Tcl_GetUnicode(value),