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On Sat, May 21, 2016, at 12:54, Peter Otten wrote:
> It's not your fault, there's an odd quirk in the library: you have to
> keep a reference of the PhotoImage instance around to prevent the
> image from being garbage-collected.

Just out of curiosity, why is this a "quirk" and not a bug? Why isn't
the reference held by the Label?