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               # File tk/lib/tkextlib/tkHTML/htmlwidget.rb, line 48
def self.new(parent, keys={})
  if parent.kind_of?(Hash)
    keys = TkComm._symbolkey2str(parent)
    parent = keys.delete('parent')
  end
  if parent.kind_of?(String)
    ppath = parent.path
  elsif parent
    ppath = parent
  else
    ppath = ''
  end
  HtmlClip_TBL.mutex.synchronize{
    return HtmlClip_TBL[ppath] if HtmlClip_TBL[ppath]
  }
  widgetname = keys.delete('widgetname')
  if widgetname =~ /^(.*)\.[^.]+$/
    ppath2 = $1
    if ppath2[0] != ?.
      ppath2 = ppath + '.' + ppath2
    end
    HtmlClip_TBL.mutex.synchronize{
      return HtmlClip_TBL[ppath2] if HtmlClip_TBL[ppath2]
    }
    ppath = ppath2
  end
  parent = TkComm._genobj_for_tkwidget(ppath)
  unless parent.kind_of?(Tk::HTML_Widget)
    fail ArgumentError, "parent must be a Tk::HTML_Widget instance"
  end
  super(parent)
end
             
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