Re: [MACTCL] Fork vs. exec in RC 5 of Tk 8.5

[Steve L. <st...@di...>]

On 18/12/2007, at 2:26 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote:

> Running Tk 8.5 (RC 5) with a rebuilt version of Python 2.5.1 on  
> Leopard
> 10.5.1, I this message repeated endlessly in Console when I run IDLE
> (the Python editor written in Tk):
>
> THE_PROCESS_HAS_FORKED_AND_YOU_CANNOT_USE_THIS_COREFOUNDATION_FUNCTIONALITY___YOU_MUST_EXEC__ 
> ()
> to debug.
>
> I've seen this message in other newsgroups and understand that it
> reflects some changes in Core Foundation. Is this a harmless  
> message, or
> does it reflect some bug in Tk that will cause unexpected problems?

More likely something in Python's use of Tcl (which uses  
CoreFoundation on OSX). I've encountered the same issue in Cryptkit.

See http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2005/tn2083.html for more  
details on the specific issue (search for "Listing 13").

Steve

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