Issue #15861: tkinter now correctly works with lists and tuples containing

strings with whitespaces, backslashes or unbalanced braces.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
index f5c0f17dd0..c2231dc324 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_ttk/test_widgets.py
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ class ComboboxTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.combo.configure(values=[1, '', 2])
         self.assertEqual(self.combo['values'], ('1', '', '2'))
 
+        # testing values with spaces
+        self.combo['values'] = ['a b', 'a\tb', 'a\nb']
+        self.assertEqual(self.combo['values'], ('a b', 'a\tb', 'a\nb'))
+
+        # testing values with special characters
+        self.combo['values'] = [r'a\tb', '"a"', '} {']
+        self.assertEqual(self.combo['values'], (r'a\tb', '"a"', '} {'))
+
         # out of range
         self.assertRaises(tkinter.TclError, self.combo.current,
             len(self.combo['values']))