#1940: make it possible to use curses.filter() before curses.initscr()
as the documentation says.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d883038..1603418 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1103,9 +1103,13 @@
does not claim to support starttls. Adds the SMTP.ehlo_or_helo_if_needed()
method. Patch contributed by Bill Fenner.
+
Extension Modules
-----------------
+- #1940: make it possible to use curses.filter() before curses.initscr()
+ as the documentation says.
+
- Backport of _fileio module from Python 3.0.
- #1087741: mmap.mmap is now a class, not a factory function. It is also
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index 246e871..137c580 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -1677,11 +1677,20 @@
NoArgTrueFalseFunction(has_ic)
NoArgTrueFalseFunction(has_il)
NoArgTrueFalseFunction(isendwin)
-NoArgNoReturnVoidFunction(filter)
NoArgNoReturnVoidFunction(flushinp)
NoArgNoReturnVoidFunction(noqiflush)
static PyObject *
+PyCurses_filter(PyObject *self)
+{
+ /* not checking for PyCursesInitialised here since filter() must
+ be called before initscr() */
+ filter();
+ Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+ return Py_None;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
PyCurses_Color_Content(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
short color,r,g,b;