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standard_library.install_aliases() doesn't publish tkinter.simpledialog.askstring in 2.7

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#435 opened on Feb 2, 2019

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$ python Python 2.7.15 (default, Oct 1 2018, 15:59:56) [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.2)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from future import standard_library >>> standard_library.install_aliases() >>> from tkinter.simpledialog import askstring Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: cannot import name askstring

This reproduces with both future 0.16.0 and 0.17.1.

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Python basicsunderstanding of library aliases
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Research direction
Investigate the standard library module in the python future repository, likely in the `src/future/standard library.py` file. Look for how aliases for tkinter modules are registered, particularly for `tkinter.simpledialog`. The issue is that `askstring` is not aliased while other functions like `askinteger` might be. Review the list of aliases and add the missing one. Check if there are any existing tests for tkinter aliasing to guide the fix.