Basic query regarding bindtags in tkinter

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In the given example from this post, it was mentioned that if default bindtags are used then event value will not be visible inside definition (there will be lag by one).

There was some explanation regarding class binding.
I am a beginner, so would like to understand the detailed reason.
Can some please explain why it was not working in first case and was working in second case (when order of bindtags is modified).

import Tkinter

def OnKeyPress(event):
 value = event.widget.get()
 string="value of %s is '%s'" % (event.widget._name, value)
 status.configure(text=string)

root = Tkinter.Tk()

entry1 = Tkinter.Entry(root, name="entry1")
entry2 = Tkinter.Entry(root, name="entry2")
entry3 = Tkinter.Entry(root, name="entry3")

entry1.bindtags(('.entry1', 'Entry', '.', 'all'))
entry2.bindtags(('Entry', '.entry1', '.', 'all'))
entry3.bindtags(('.entry1','Entry','post-class-bindings', '.', 'all'))

btlabel1 = Tkinter.Label(text="bindtags: %s" % " ".join(entry1.bindtags()))
btlabel2 = Tkinter.Label(text="bindtags: %s" % " ".join(entry2.bindtags()))
btlabel3 = Tkinter.Label(text="bindtags: %s" % " ".join(entry3.bindtags()))
status = Tkinter.Label(anchor="w")

entry1.grid(row=0,column=0)
btlabel1.grid(row=0,column=1, padx=10, sticky="w")
entry2.grid(row=1,column=0)
btlabel2.grid(row=1,column=1, padx=10, sticky="w")
entry3.grid(row=2,column=0)
btlabel3.grid(row=2,column=1, padx=10)
status.grid(row=3, columnspan=2, sticky="w")
entry1.bind("<KeyPress>", OnKeyPress)
entry2.bind("<KeyPress>", OnKeyPress)
entry3.bind_class("post-class-bindings", "<KeyPress>", OnKeyPress)

root.mainloop()
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