bpo-43231: Correctly calculate the curses color pair limit when checking for it (GH-24541)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_curses.py b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
index f6bd27d..0833c86 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_curses.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_curses.py
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ def get_pair_limit(self):
# range may be restricted, so we need to check if the limit is still
# correct
try:
- curses.init_pair(pair_limit, 0, 0)
+ curses.init_pair(pair_limit - 1, 0, 0)
except ValueError:
pair_limit = curses.COLOR_PAIRS
return pair_limit