From: Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:04:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Backport of r59654.
X-Git-Tag: v2.5.3c1~5
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=afb0dabaca0fe30a33054e6ecf242c9235aad2f0;p=python

Backport of r59654.
Issue #4342: Always convert Text.index result to string.
---

diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
index de2873fc3c..31a2fc36d2 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
@@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ class Text(Widget):
         return self.tk.call(self._w, "image", "names")
     def index(self, index):
         """Return the index in the form line.char for INDEX."""
-        return self.tk.call(self._w, 'index', index)
+        return str(self.tk.call(self._w, 'index', index))
     def insert(self, index, chars, *args):
         """Insert CHARS before the characters at INDEX. An additional
         tag can be given in ARGS. Additional CHARS and tags can follow in ARGS."""
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b83c73169c..99e385a0eb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #4342: Always convert Text.index result to string.
+
 - Issue 3248: Allow placing ScrolledText in a PanedWindow.
 
 - Issue #4084: Fix max, min, max_mag and min_mag Decimal methods to