tkFileDialog closes Python when used

[ferrari24]

BPO	1752252
Nosy	@loewis, @birkenfeld, @terryjreedy, @asvetlov

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2012-03-23.03:12:53.131>
created_at = <Date 2007-07-11.22:06:34.000>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-tkinter']
title = 'tkFileDialog closes Python when used'
updated_at = <Date 2012-03-23.03:12:53.129>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ferrari24'

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activity = <Date 2012-03-23.03:12:53.129>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2012-03-23.03:12:53.131>
closer = 'terry.reedy'
components = ['Tkinter']
creation = <Date 2007-07-11.22:06:34.000>
creator = 'ferrari24'
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issue_num = 1752252
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nosy_names = ['loewis', 'georg.brandl', 'terry.reedy', 'ferrari24', 'asvetlov', 'BreamoreBoy']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'out of date'
stage = 'test needed'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1752252'
versions = ['Python 3.3']

[ferrari24]

Whenever I use tkFileDialog, after a couple of seconds of the File Dialog window being open, Python closes. The entire application just closes, and there is no error reporting screen.

I am using Python 2.5.1 on Microsoft Windows XP Pro. SP2 (x86).

[BreamoreBoy]

I've tried this on Windows Vista against 3.1 and it worked fine. So can this be closed as out of date?

[asvetlov]

Ping.
Is there can be reproduced?
I like to see the issue as out of date.

[terryjreedy]

Without a specific claimed failing program and contemporary verification, it is hard to know whether one has reproduced or not. With 3.3 I did

import tkinter.filedialog as tkf
import tkinter as tk
fd=tkf.FileDialog(tk.Tk())
fd.go()

and got a file dialog window as well as a root window which sat there until I closed the fd window at least 10 seconds later. The root window did not close properly, but I suspect the above in missing anything. In any case, several crash causes have been fixed since 2007, so I agree to close.

The file dialog window was not the native window displayed for file selection in IDLE, and was pretty ugly. So I do not imagine that this is used much. It probably could be updated, but that is another issue for another time.