Bug #412086, reported by Peter Wilson: The _curses module doesn't
define COLORS or COLOR_PAIRS until after start_color() is called,
but they were never added to the curses module. Fixed by adding
a wrapper around start_color(), similar to the wrapper around initscr().
diff --git a/Lib/curses/__init__.py b/Lib/curses/__init__.py
index 6bcd566..1838de8 100644
--- a/Lib/curses/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/curses/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@
return stdscr
+# This is a similar wrapper for start_color(), which adds the COLORS and
+# COLOR_PAIRS variables which are only available after start_color() is
+# called.
+
+def start_color():
+ import _curses, curses
+ retval = _curses.start_color()
+ if hasattr(_curses, 'COLORS'):
+ curses.COLORS = _curses.COLORS
+ if hasattr(_curses, 'COLOR_PAIRS'):
+ curses.COLOR_PAIRS = _curses.COLOR_PAIRS
+ return retval
+
# Import Python has_key() implementation if _curses doesn't contain has_key()
try: