Patch #997284: Allow pydoc to work with XP Themes (.manifest file)

Lib/pydoc.py

@@ -2056,8 +2056,16 @@ def gui():
 
     import Tkinter
     try:
-        gui = GUI(Tkinter.Tk())
-        Tkinter.mainloop()
+        root = Tkinter.Tk()
+        # Tk will crash if pythonw.exe has an XP .manifest
+        # file and the root has is not destroyed explicitly.
+        # If the problem is ever fixed in Tk, the explicit
+        # destroy can go.
+        try:
+            gui = GUI(root)
+            root.mainloop()
+        finally:
+            root.destroy()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         pass
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Extension modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Patch #997284: Allow pydoc to work with XP Themes (.manifest file)
+
 - Patch #808719: Ignore locale's encoding in IDLE if it is an empty string.
 
 - Patch #946153: Add wait_visibility before grab_set.