Title: `tkinter` source and docs use the word 'slave' · Issue #143754 · python/cpython · GitHub
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Description: I know tkinter is just a wrapper for Tk but this reference to slaves is pretty bad. Maybe it could be referenced as child widgets? Pretty much anything other than slaves. Linked PRs gh-143779 gh-143841 gh-143845
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