mainloop() problem

[luofeiyu]

in many cases,you can use mainloop()  or  widget.mainloop(),such as:

from Tkinter import *
widget = Button(text='Spam', padx=10, pady=10)
widget.pack(padx=20, pady=20)
widget.config(cursor='gumby')
widget.config(bd=8, relief=RAISED)
widget.config(bg='dark green', fg='white')
widget.config(font=('helvetica', 20, 'underline italic'))
widget.mainloop()   #  mainloop()  is ok
i don't know why  i  can't use mainloop()  instead  of  Demo().mainloop()??

from Tkinter import *              # get base widget set
from dialogTable import demos      # button callback handlers
from quitter import Quitter        # attach a quit object to me
   
class Demo(Frame):
    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        Frame.__init__(self, parent)
        self.pack()
        Label(self, text="Basic demos").pack()
        for (key, value) in demos.items():
            Button(self, text=key, command=value).pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH)
        Quitter(self).pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH)
   
if __name__ == '__main__':
    Demo().mainloop()   # you can't use  mainloop()


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[Michael Lange]

Hi,

Thus spoketh "守株待兔" <[hidden email]>
unto us on Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:18:22 +0800:

(...)

> i don't know why  i  can't use mainloop()  instead  of  Demo().mainloop
> ()??
>
> from Tkinter import *              # get base widget set
> from dialogTable import demos      # button callback handlers
> from quitter import Quitter        # attach a quit object to me
>    
> class Demo(Frame):
>     def __init__(self, parent=None):
>         Frame.__init__(self, parent)
>         self.pack()
>         Label(self, text="Basic demos").pack()
>         for (key, value) in demos.items():
>             Button(self, text=key, command=value).pack(side=TOP,
> fill=BOTH) Quitter(self).pack(side=TOP, fill=BOTH)
>    
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>     Demo().mainloop()   # you can't use  mainloop()

If you look at the error message you get when you try to call mainloop()
you will find valuable information:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test7.py", line 16, in <module>
    mainloop()   # you can't use  mainloop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 328, in mainloop
    _default_root.tk.mainloop(n)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tk'

So let's have a look at the Tkinter.mainloop() function:

def mainloop(n=0):
    """Run the main loop of Tcl."""
    _default_root.tk.mainloop(n)

To understand this, you need to know that Tkinter._default_root is an
internally used placeholder for the application's Tk() instance.
Initially _default_root is set to None, though. So effectively
Tkinter.mainloop () is just a shortcut to the Tk () window's (or any
other tk widget's) mainloop() method.

Considering this, it is easy to see why the call to mainloop() in your
example fails: you call mainloop() before any widget has been created and
so there is no _default_root yet.

I hope this helps

Michael



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