diff -r 0fd72636de2b Modules/_tkinter.c
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c	Fri Sep 20 23:28:27 2013 +0300
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c	Fri Sep 20 23:58:06 2013 +0300
@@ -2515,6 +2515,9 @@
 {
 
     int wantobjects = -1;
+    if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     "wantobjects() is deprecated.", 1) < 0)
+        return NULL;
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|i:wantobjects", &wantobjects))
         return NULL;
     if (wantobjects == -1)
@@ -2730,7 +2733,7 @@
                               try getting rid of it. */
     char *className = NULL;
     int interactive = 0;
-    int wantobjects = 0;
+    int wantobjects = -1;
     int wantTk = 1;     /* If false, then Tk_Init() doesn't get called */
     int sync = 0; /* pass -sync to wish */
     char *use = NULL; /* pass -use to wish */
@@ -2743,6 +2746,11 @@
                           &sync, &use))
         return NULL;
 
+    if (wantobjects != -1) {
+        if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                         "wantobjects is deprecated.", 1) < 0)
+            return NULL;
+    }
     return (PyObject *) Tkapp_New(screenName, className,
                                   interactive, wantobjects, wantTk,
                                   sync, use);