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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"tkinter.simpledialog.askinteger() conflict with tkinter.filedialog.asksaveasfilename() causing Python interpreter crash on macOS","articleBody":"# Crash report\n\n### What happened?\n\nWhen calling simpledialog to get user input, then later calling filedialog to save a text file, the python interpreter often crashes. Without both dialog boxes called, there is no crash.\n\nReproducible on macOS Sierra 14.4.1 Macbook Air M1\nCould not reproduce on Windows\nPython 3.12\nips crash report generated and available\n\n```python\nfrom tkinter import *\nfrom tkinter import filedialog, scrolledtext, simpledialog\n\n# BEGIN CODE THAT CAUSES CRASH ******\n# BEGIN CODE THAT CAUSES CRASH ******\n# BEGIN CODE THAT CAUSES CRASH ******\n\n# prompt for settings\ntime_out_seconds = simpledialog.askinteger(title=\"Title\", prompt=\"Prompt\")\n\n# set defaults if dialogs are cancelled\nif not time_out_seconds:\n    time_out_seconds = 10\n\n\n# END CODE THAT CAUSES CRASH ********\n# END CODE THAT CAUSES CRASH ********\n# END CODE THAT CAUSES CRASH ********\n\n\ndef save_to_file():\n    \"\"\"\n    Saves File\n    \"\"\"\n    # CRASH OCCURS HERE ******\n    # CRASH OCCURS HERE ******\n    # CRASH OCCURS HERE ******\n    # while it does crash without filetypes defined, it crashes more often when filetypes are defined.\n    file_path = filedialog.asksaveasfilename(defaultextension=\".txt\",\n                                             filetypes=[(\"Text files\", \"*.txt\"), (\"All files\", \"*.*\")])\n    if file_path:\n        with open(file_path, 'w') as file:\n            text_content = \"Sample text document text\"\n            file.write(text_content)\n\n\n# Window config\nwindow = Tk()\n\n# User input\ntext_box = scrolledtext.ScrolledText()\ntext_box.pack()\n\n# Save Button\nsave_button = Button(window, text=\"Save\", command=save_to_file)\nsave_button.pack()\n\nwindow.mainloop()\n\n```\n\n### CPython versions tested on:\n\n3.12\n\n### Operating systems tested on:\n\nmacOS\n\n### Output from running 'python -VV' on the command line:\n\n2024-04-07 20:30:19.525 Python[3024:88005] WARNING: Secure coding is not enabled for restorable state! Enable secure coding by implementing NSApplicationDelegate.applicationSupportsSecureRestorableState: and returning YES.  Process finished with exit code 139 (interrupted by signal 11:SIGSEGV)","author":{"url":"https://github.com/rminkler1","@type":"Person","name":"rminkler1"},"datePublished":"2024-04-08T03:54:49.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/117620/cpython/issues/117620"}