[3.12] gh-116484: Fix collisions between Checkbutton and ttk.Checkbutton default names (GH-116495)

Lib/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py

@@ -285,9 +285,29 @@ def test_unique_variables(self):
                 b.pack()
                 buttons.append(b)
         variables = [str(b['variable']) for b in buttons]
-        print(variables)
         self.assertEqual(len(set(variables)), 4, variables)
 
+    def test_unique_variables2(self):
+        buttons = []
+        f = ttk.Frame(self.root)
+        f.pack()
+        f = ttk.Frame(self.root)
+        f.pack()
+        for j in 'AB':
+            b = tkinter.Checkbutton(f, text=j)
+            b.pack()
+            buttons.append(b)
+        # Should be larger than the number of all previously created
+        # tkinter.Checkbutton widgets:
+        for j in range(100):
+            b = ttk.Checkbutton(f, text=str(j))
+            b.pack()
+            buttons.append(b)
+        names = [str(b) for b in buttons]
+        self.assertEqual(len(set(names)), len(buttons), names)
+        variables = [str(b['variable']) for b in buttons]
+        self.assertEqual(len(set(variables)), len(buttons), variables)
+
 
 @add_standard_options(IntegerSizeTests, StandardTtkOptionsTests)
 class EntryTest(AbstractWidgetTest, unittest.TestCase):

Lib/tkinter/__init__.py

@@ -3074,11 +3074,16 @@ def __init__(self, master=None, cnf={}, **kw):
         Widget.__init__(self, master, 'checkbutton', cnf, kw)
 
     def _setup(self, master, cnf):
+        # Because Checkbutton defaults to a variable with the same name as
+        # the widget, Checkbutton default names must be globally unique,
+        # not just unique within the parent widget.
         if not cnf.get('name'):
             global _checkbutton_count
             name = self.__class__.__name__.lower()
             _checkbutton_count += 1
-            cnf['name'] = f'!{name}{_checkbutton_count}'
+            # To avoid collisions with ttk.Checkbutton, use the different
+            # name template.
+            cnf['name'] = f'!{name}-{_checkbutton_count}'
         super()._setup(master, cnf)
 
     def deselect(self):

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-08-11-31-49.gh-issue-116484.VMAsU7.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Change automatically generated :class:`tkinter.Checkbutton` widget names to
+avoid collisions with automatically generated
+:class:`tkinter.ttk.Checkbutton` widget names within the same parent widget.