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+- Issue #15861: tkinter now correctly works with lists and tuples containing
+  strings with whitespaces, backslashes or unbalanced braces.
+
 - Issue #10527: Use poll() instead of select() for multiprocessing pipes.
 
 - Issue #9720: zipfile now writes correct local headers for files larger than