Issue #27031: Removed dummy methods in Tkinter widget classes: tk_menuBar()

and tk_bindForTraversal().

Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst

@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ API and Feature Removals
   :mod:`traceback` module. They were undocumented methods deprecated since
   Python 3.2 and equivalent functionality is available from private methods.
 
+* The ``tk_menuBar()`` and ``tk_bindForTraversal()`` dummy methods in
+  :mod:`tkinter` widget classes were removed (corresponding Tk commands
+  were obsolete since Tk 4.0).
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.6
 =====================

Lib/tkinter/__init__.py

@@ -468,12 +468,6 @@ def tk_setPalette(self, *args, **kw):
         disabledForeground, insertBackground, troughColor."""
         self.tk.call(('tk_setPalette',)
               + _flatten(args) + _flatten(list(kw.items())))
-    def tk_menuBar(self, *args):
-        """Do not use. Needed in Tk 3.6 and earlier."""
-        # obsolete since Tk 4.0
-        import warnings
-        warnings.warn('tk_menuBar() does nothing and will be removed in 3.6',
-                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
     def wait_variable(self, name='PY_VAR'):
         """Wait until the variable is modified.
 
@@ -2705,12 +2699,6 @@ def __init__(self, master=None, cnf={}, **kw):
     def tk_popup(self, x, y, entry=""):
         """Post the menu at position X,Y with entry ENTRY."""
         self.tk.call('tk_popup', self._w, x, y, entry)
-    def tk_bindForTraversal(self):
-        # obsolete since Tk 4.0
-        import warnings
-        warnings.warn('tk_bindForTraversal() does nothing and '
-                      'will be removed in 3.6',
-                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
     def activate(self, index):
         """Activate entry at INDEX."""
         self.tk.call(self._w, 'activate', index)

Misc/NEWS

@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #27031: Removed dummy methods in Tkinter widget classes: tk_menuBar()
+  and tk_bindForTraversal().
+
 - Issue #14132: Fix urllib.request redirect handling when the target only has
   a query string.  Original fix by Ján Janech.