--- Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py.old	2007-01-24 17:23:39.552810104 +0100
+++ Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py	2007-01-24 17:34:49.184010688 +0100
@@ -2910,8 +2910,7 @@
         and edit_undo
 
         """
-        return self._getints(
-            self.tk.call((self._w, 'edit') + args)) or ()
+        return self.tk.call((self._w, 'edit') + args)
 
     def edit_modified(self, arg=None):
         """Get or Set the modified flag