Convert path objects to strings in askdirectory. Fixes #852314.
Backported to 2.3.
diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/tkFileDialog.py b/Lib/lib-tk/tkFileDialog.py
index 8419718..c2c661c 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/tkFileDialog.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/tkFileDialog.py
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@
def _fixresult(self, widget, result):
if result:
+ # convert Tcl path objects to strings
+ try:
+ result = result.string
+ except AttributeError:
+ # it already is a string
+ pass
# keep directory until next time
self.options["initialdir"] = result
self.directory = result # compatibility