Tkinter module in Python 3 is broken on macOS 26

When I try to invoke the tkinter module in Python 3 that is bundled with Xcode Developer Tools, I get a message saying that my system version is too low:

$ /usr/bin/python3 -m tkinter
macOS 26 (2602) or later required, have instead 16 (1602) !
zsh: abort      /usr/bin/python3 -m tkinter

It seems like the system version reported is macOS 16, which I assume is the version code before the decision to rename all OS platforms to 26. This is a very low level mistake and should be fixed as soon as possible.

Tkinter module in Python 3 is broken on macOS 26
 
 
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