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diff --git a/‎Lib/test/test_tcl.py‎
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diff --git a/‎Misc/NEWS‎
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diff --git a/‎Modules/_tkinter.c‎
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@@ -378,6 +378,21 @@ def check(expr, expected):
         if tcl_version >= (8, 5):
             check('2**64', True)
 
+    def test_booleans(self):
+        tcl = self.interp
+        def check(expr, expected):
+            result = tcl.call('expr', expr)
+            self.assertEqual(result, expected)
+            self.assertIsInstance(result, int)
+        check('true', True)
+        check('yes', True)
+        check('on', True)
+        check('false', False)
+        check('no', False)
+        check('off', False)
+        check('1 < 2', True)
+        check('1 > 2', False)
+
     def test_passing_values(self):
         def passValue(value):
             return self.interp.call('set', '_', value)
 
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #21526: Tkinter now supports new boolean type in Tcl 8.5.
+
 - Issue #23836: Fix the faulthandler module to handle reentrant calls to
   its signal handlers.
 
@@ -146,8 +148,6 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #23252:  Added support for writing ZIP files to unseekable streams.
 
-- Issue #21526: Tkinter now supports new boolean type in Tcl 8.5.
-
 - Issue #23647: Increase impalib's MAXLINE to accommodate modern mailbox sizes.
 
 - Issue #23539: If body is None, http.client.HTTPConnection.request now sets
 
@@ -998,6 +998,15 @@ AsObj(PyObject *value)
     }
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+fromBoolean(PyObject* tkapp, Tcl_Obj *value)
+{
+    int boolValue;
+    if (Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj(Tkapp_Interp(tkapp), value, &boolValue) == TCL_ERROR)
+        return Tkinter_Error(tkapp);
+    return PyBool_FromLong(boolValue);
+}
+
 static PyObject*
 FromObj(PyObject* tkapp, Tcl_Obj *value)
 {
@@ -1011,10 +1020,7 @@ FromObj(PyObject* tkapp, Tcl_Obj *value)
 
     if (value->typePtr == app->BooleanType ||
         value->typePtr == app->OldBooleanType) {
-        int boolValue;
-        if (Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj(interp, value, &boolValue) == TCL_ERROR)
-            return Tkinter_Error(tkapp);
-        return PyBool_FromLong(boolValue);
+        return fromBoolean(tkapp, value);
     }
 
     if (value->typePtr == app->ByteArrayType) {
@@ -1069,6 +1075,15 @@ FromObj(PyObject* tkapp, Tcl_Obj *value)
             Tcl_GetCharLength(value));
     }
 
+#if TK_VERSION_HEX >= 0x08050000
+    if (app->BooleanType == NULL &&
+        strcmp(value->typePtr->name, "booleanString") == 0) {
+        /* booleanString type is not registered in Tcl */
+        app->BooleanType = value->typePtr;
+        return fromBoolean(tkapp, value);
+    }
+#endif
+
     return newPyTclObject(value);
 }