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Title: turtle: _tkinter.TclError: invalid command name ".10170160"
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Library (Lib), Tkinter Versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 2.7
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: serhiy.storchaka Nosy List: Lita.Cho, asvetlov, belopolsky, gregorlingl, jesstess, ned.deily, python-dev, serhiy.storchaka, srid, terry.reedy
Priority: normal Keywords: needs review, patch

Created on 2009-08-04 00:09 by srid, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit
turtle_bug.patch Lita.Cho, 2014-05-28 03:22 review
turtle_crash.patch Lita.Cho, 2014-06-02 21:35 review
turtledemo_destroy.patch serhiy.storchaka, 2014-09-04 08:06 review
Messages (12)
msg91248 - (view) Author: Sridhar Ratnakumar (srid) Date: 2009-08-04 00:09
I tried the following turtle program; it was taking some time to 
draw .. so I pressed C-c after which I saw the exception traceback.

> cat play.py 
from turtle import *

def f(length, depth):
   if depth == 0:
     forward(length)
   else:
     f(length/3, depth-1)
     right(60)
     f(length/3, depth-1)
     left(120)
     f(length/3, depth-1)
     right(60)
     f(length/3, depth-1)

f(500, 4)

> python play.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/sridharr/as/pypm/bin/python", line 41, in <module>
    execfile(sys.argv[0])
  File "play.py", line 15, in <module>
    f(500, 4)
  File "play.py", line 11, in f
    f(length/3, depth-1)
  File "play.py", line 7, in f
    f(length/3, depth-1)
  File "play.py", line 9, in f
    f(length/3, depth-1)
  File "play.py", line 10, in f
    left(120)
  File "<string>", line 1, in left
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/
lib-tk/turtle.py", line 1612, in left
    self._rotate(angle)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/
lib-tk/turtle.py", line 3107, in _rotate
    self._update()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/
lib-tk/turtle.py", line 2562, in _update
    self._update_data()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/
lib-tk/turtle.py", line 2553, in _update_data
    self._pencolor, self._pensize)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/
lib-tk/turtle.py", line 569, in _drawline
    self.cv.coords(lineitem, *cl)
  File "<string>", line 1, in coords
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/
lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 2136, in coords
    self.tk.call((self._w, 'coords') + args)))
_tkinter.TclError: invalid command name ".10170160"
>
msg109949 - (view) Author: Mark Lawrence (BreamoreBoy) * Date: 2010-07-11 00:03
Anyone with turtle/Tkinter knowledge who can shed some light on this?
msg119414 - (view) Author: Alexander Belopolsky (belopolsky) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-10-23 03:06
I have come across the same bug.  To reproduce, run Demo/turtle/tdemo_round_dance.py and kill the Tk window before the "dance" stops. 

The mysterious command name ".10170160" is simply the generated name for the canvas widget - '.' + repr(id(self)).  See BaseWidget.__init__ in tkinter.
msg119711 - (view) Author: Alexander Belopolsky (belopolsky) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-10-27 13:33
Same error occurs when the python -m turtle demo is interrupted by closing the window.  I think the correct fix is to exit when the window is closed, but I cannot figure out the best way to achieve that.  This probably should be done at the application/test level.
msg219013 - (view) Author: Lita Cho (Lita.Cho) * Date: 2014-05-23 23:32
I was looking at this more, and from my understanding, the turtle code is continuing to run even when the TK window is destroyed. Thus the crash.

It looks like the drawing functions are being made on the fly with the following method:

for methodname in _tg_turtle_functions:
    pl1, pl2 = getmethparlist(eval('Turtle.' + methodname))
    if pl1 == "":
        print(">>>>>>", pl1, pl2)
        continue
    defstr = ("def %(key)s%(pl1)s: return _getpen().%(key)s%(pl2)s" %
                                   {'key':methodname, 'pl1':pl1, 'pl2':pl2})
    exec(defstr)
    eval(methodname).__doc__ = _turtle_docrevise(eval('Turtle.'+methodname).__doc__)

So while all the methods are being generated, I am going to add in a check to see if the window was destroyed before running the pen code. If it was, then I exit gratefully. The check will be duplicated for each pen method, but I feel it is the best way to contain the check within the turtle.py module. The other option would be to make the user check for it, which is not a good option.
msg219248 - (view) Author: Lita Cho (Lita.Cho) * Date: 2014-05-28 03:22
So I have a patch that fixes the original problem, but doesn't fix the crash with the tdemo_round_dance.py. However, I was wondering why TurtleScreen._RUNNING = True in the _destroy method. Can anyone shed some light on this? Here is the current state of my patch.
msg219643 - (view) Author: Lita Cho (Lita.Cho) * Date: 2014-06-02 21:35
So it looks like the bug fix was really simple. I just needed to set TurtleScreen._RUNNING to True when the screen object tries to get destroyed.
msg219644 - (view) Author: Lita Cho (Lita.Cho) * Date: 2014-06-02 21:43
Oops, pressed submit too soon.

Now the programs raise a Terminator exception rather than a TclError, which I think is correct because the programs are calling Turtle methods when the TurtleScreen had been destroyed. 

I wasn't sure if it was better to return None rather than raise an exception, but I think raising exception is correct, as these programs are not calling mainloop to handle event loops. So when the user closes the window, round_dance.py should handle that.
msg224328 - (view) Author: Lita Cho (Lita.Cho) * Date: 2014-07-30 17:36
I can make it worth such that it doesn't raise a Terminator error. This works great when working with Turtle on the command line. I basically check if the root exists for all Tk canvas calls. 

If it got destroyed, then it just returns. However, if you run the following recursive code, it will just keep popping up a window forever unless you Ctrl+C out of the program. So that is not going to work. I still believe raising an error is the proper approach.
msg226346 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-09-04 08:06
Here is more complete patch.
msg227393 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-09-23 20:47
Any feedback?
msg236410 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2015-02-22 15:28
New changeset 15dd9d6cc632 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '2.7':
Issue #6639: Module-level turtle functions no longer raise TclError after
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/15dd9d6cc632

New changeset 1628484c9408 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.4':
Issue #6639: Module-level turtle functions no longer raise TclError after
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1628484c9408

New changeset d8e494986caf by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default':
Issue #6639: Module-level turtle functions no longer raise TclError after
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d8e494986caf
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:51adminsetgithub: 50888
2015-02-22 15:30:30serhiy.storchakasetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2015-02-22 15:28:07python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg236410
2015-02-15 15:45:04serhiy.storchakasetnosy: + terry.reedy
2015-02-15 15:27:43serhiy.storchakasetassignee: serhiy.storchaka
2014-09-23 20:47:58serhiy.storchakasetmessages: + msg227393
2014-09-04 08:06:03serhiy.storchakasetfiles: + turtledemo_destroy.patch

messages: + msg226346
2014-08-29 21:12:54terry.reedysetnosy: + serhiy.storchaka

versions: + Python 3.4, Python 3.5, - Python 3.1, Python 3.2
2014-07-30 17:36:06Lita.Chosetmessages: + msg224328
2014-07-13 17:22:21jesstesssetkeywords: + needs review
stage: needs patch -> patch review
2014-06-02 21:43:50Lita.Chosetmessages: + msg219644
2014-06-02 21:35:35Lita.Chosetfiles: + turtle_crash.patch

messages: + msg219643
2014-05-28 03:22:49Lita.Chosetfiles: + turtle_bug.patch
keywords: + patch
messages: + msg219248
2014-05-23 23:32:07Lita.Chosetmessages: + msg219013
2014-05-23 21:07:29Lita.Chosetnosy: belopolsky, gregorlingl, ned.deily, asvetlov, srid, jesstess, Lita.Cho
2014-05-23 19:53:59Lita.Chosetnosy: + jesstess, Lita.Cho
2012-03-25 20:41:22asvetlovsetnosy: + asvetlov
2010-11-05 02:08:18belopolskylinkissue1702036 superseder
2010-10-28 01:12:24ned.deilysetnosy: + ned.deily, - BreamoreBoy
2010-10-27 13:33:39belopolskysetnosy: + gregorlingl
messages: + msg119711
2010-10-23 03:06:02belopolskysetnosy: + belopolsky
messages: + msg119414
2010-07-11 00:03:53BreamoreBoysetversions: + Python 3.1, Python 2.7, Python 3.2, - Python 2.6
nosy: + BreamoreBoy

messages: + msg109949

stage: needs patch
2009-08-04 00:09:40sridsetcomponents: + Tkinter
2009-08-04 00:09:24sridcreate