python: IDLE crashes when dragging files onto dock icon

[agentirons]

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• Confirmed this is a problem with only one, specific formula and not Homebrew/brew? If it's a general Homebrew/brew problem please file this issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/new
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To help us debug your issue please explain:

• What you were trying to do (and why)
  When IDLE is already open, I would like to open a .py file by dragging it onto IDLE's dock icon.

• What happened (include command output)
  IDLE crashes immediately. I can open as many files as I want using the File->Open... menu command, and if IDLE is not already open then I can open a single file by dragging it onto my dock icon, but any more files dragged on will crash IDLE. I am running OSX 10.11.6, and have reproduced this behavior on two different computers (one Hackintosh, one real). The same problem occurs with python3 and IDLE3.

I can confirm that after removing all brew packages, installing ActiveTcl8.5.18.0, and installing Python 2.7.13 from the official OS X installer package, this issue is not present - I can drag as many files onto the IDLE dock icon as I like, no trouble.

• What you expected to happen
  I expected to be able to open any .py files by dragging them onto IDLE's dock icon.

• Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew install commands)
  (Starting from a completely fresh installation of brew)
  $ brew install tcl-tk
  $ brew install python --with-tcl-tk
  $ idle
  Attempt to drag a file onto IDLE's dock icon.

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[dunn]

cc @tdsmith

[tdsmith]

Thanks for the message; sorry you're having trouble. Can you get a traceback or a crash dump? I don't see an obvious way to troubleshoot this without knowing way more about IDLE; it's possible you could get a more helpful response on python-list.

[agentirons]

Sorry for the delay, I had to get another computer up and running with this setup to get a crashlog, but it is attached.

I also noticed in the process that python installed by itself through homebrew, using Apple's tcl-tk, doesn't exhibit this behavior. It is in fact only a problem when the brewed python and tcl-tk are used together. I also found that it's not just the drag-and-drop operation that causes the crash, it will also crash from double-clicking files to open when .py files have IDLE as their default application.

idle_crashlog.txt

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