Index: Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py,v
retrieving revision 1.167
diff -u -r1.167 Tkinter.py
--- Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py	26 Nov 2002 21:39:48 -0000	1.167
+++ Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py	8 Dec 2002 12:30:46 -0000
@@ -3083,6 +3083,11 @@
             # The following is needed for systems where id(x)
             # can return a negative number, such as Linux/m68k:
             if name[0] == '-': name = '_' + name[1:]
+        try:
+            self._delete = kw['delete']
+            del kw['delete']
+        except KeyError:
+            self._delete = True
         if kw and cnf: cnf = _cnfmerge((cnf, kw))
         elif kw: cnf = kw
         options = ()
@@ -3094,6 +3099,9 @@
         self.name = name
     def __str__(self): return self.name
     def __del__(self):
+        if self._delete:
+            self.delete()
+    def delete(self):
         if self.name:
             try:
                 self.tk.call('image', 'delete', self.name)