#1940: make it possible to use curses.filter() before curses.initscr()
as the documentation says.
(backport from rev. 60322)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4913c79..f892f4d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@
Extension Modules
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+- #1940: make it possible to use curses.filter() before curses.initscr()
+ as the documentation says.
+
- Fix a potential 'SystemError: NULL result without error' in _ctypes.
- Prevent a segfault when a ctypes NULL function pointer is called.