Some curses module-level functions and window methods now raise
a `curses.error` when a call to a C curses function fails:
- Module-level functions: assume_default_colors, baudrate, cbreak,
echo, longname, initscr, nl, raw, termattrs, termname, and unctrl.
- Window methods: addch, addnstr, addstr, border, box, chgat,
getbkgd, inch, insstr, and insnstr.
In addition, `curses.window.refresh` and `curses.window.noutrefresh`
now raise a `TypeError` instead of a `curses.error` when called with an
incorrect number of arguments for pads.
See also ee36db5500 for similar
changes.
* made curses buffer heap allocated instead of stack
* change docs to explicitly mention the max buffer size
* changing GetStr() function to behave similarly too
* Update Doc/library/curses.rst
* Update instr with proper return error handling
* Update Modules/_cursesmodule.c
* change to strlen and better memory safety
* change from const int to Py_ssize_t
* add mem allocation guard
* update versionchanged to mention it was an increase.
* explicitly use versionchanged 3.14 as that is its own branch now.
TESTED: `python -m test -u curses test_curses`
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While some `libcurses` functions are meant to return OK on success,
this is not always the case for all implementations. As such, we relax
the checks on the return values and allow any non-ERR value to be
considered equivalent to OK.
- Rename error helpers with a `curses_set_error_*` prefix instead of `PyCurses*`.
- Cleanly report both NULL and ERR cases.
- Raise `curses.error` in `is_linetouched` instead of a `TypeError`.
The X/Open curses specification[0] and ncurses documentation[1]
both state that subwindows must be deleted before the main window.
Deleting the windows in the wrong order causes a double-free with
NetBSD's curses implementation.
To fix this, keep track of the original window object in the subwindow
object, and keep a reference to the original for the lifetime of
the subwindow.
[0] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcurses/delwin.html
[1] https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/man/curs_window.3x.html
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The use of PySys_GetObject() and _PySys_GetAttr(), which return a borrowed
reference, has been replaced by using one of the following functions, which
return a strong reference and distinguish a missing attribute from an error:
_PySys_GetOptionalAttr(), _PySys_GetOptionalAttrString(),
_PySys_GetRequiredAttr(), and _PySys_GetRequiredAttrString().
This is actually an upstream problem in curses, and has been reported
to them already:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2024-09/msg00101.html
This is a nice workaround in the meantime to prevent the segfault.
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1. Use pkg-config to check for ncursesw/panelw. If that fails, use
pkg-config to check for ncurses/panel.
2. Regardless of pkg-config output, search for curses/panel headers, so
we're sure we have all defines in pyconfig.h.
3. Regardless of pkg-config output, check if libncurses or libncursesw
contains the 'initscr' symbol; if it does _and_ pkg-config failed
earlier, add the resulting -llib linker option to CURSES_LIBS.
Ditto for 'update_panels' and PANEL_LIBS.
4. Wrap the rest of the checks with WITH_SAVE_ENV and make sure we're
using updated LIBS and CPPFLAGS for those.
Add the PY_CHECK_CURSES convenience macro.
This PR adds the ability to enable the GIL if it was disabled at
interpreter startup, and modifies the multi-phase module initialization
path to enable the GIL when loading a module, unless that module's spec
includes a slot indicating it can run safely without the GIL.
PEP 703 called the constant for the slot `Py_mod_gil_not_used`; I went
with `Py_MOD_GIL_NOT_USED` for consistency with gh-104148.
A warning will be issued up to once per interpreter for the first
GIL-using module that is loaded. If `-v` is given, a shorter message
will be printed to stderr every time a GIL-using module is loaded
(including the first one that issues a warning).
Functions like PyErr_SetFromErrno() and SetFromWindowsErr() should be
called immediately after using the C API which sets errno or the Windows
error code.
builtins and extension module functions and methods that expect boolean values for parameters now accept any Python object rather than just a bool or int type. This is more consistent with how native Python code itself behaves.
We're no longer using _Py_IDENTIFIER() (or _Py_static_string()) in any core CPython code. It is still used in a number of non-builtin stdlib modules.
The replacement is: PyUnicodeObject (not pointer) fields under _PyRuntimeState, statically initialized as part of _PyRuntime. A new _Py_GET_GLOBAL_IDENTIFIER() macro facilitates lookup of the fields (along with _Py_GET_GLOBAL_STRING() for non-identifier strings).
https://bugs.python.org/issue46541#msg411799 explains the rationale for this change.
The core of the change is in:
* (new) Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h - the declarations for the global strings, along with the macros
* Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init.h - added the static initializers for the global strings
* Include/internal/pycore_global_objects.h - where the struct in pycore_global_strings.h is hooked into _PyRuntimeState
* Tools/scripts/generate_global_objects.py - added generation of the global string declarations and static initializers
I've also added a --check flag to generate_global_objects.py (along with make check-global-objects) to check for unused global strings. That check is added to the PR CI config.
The remainder of this change updates the core code to use _Py_GET_GLOBAL_IDENTIFIER() instead of _Py_IDENTIFIER() and the related _Py*Id functions (likewise for _Py_GET_GLOBAL_STRING() instead of _Py_static_string()). This includes adding a few functions where there wasn't already an alternative to _Py*Id(), replacing the _Py_Identifier * parameter with PyObject *.
The following are not changed (yet):
* stop using _Py_IDENTIFIER() in the stdlib modules
* (maybe) get rid of _Py_IDENTIFIER(), etc. entirely -- this may not be doable as at least one package on PyPI using this (private) API
* (maybe) intern the strings during runtime init
https://bugs.python.org/issue46541
The _curses module now creates its ncurses_version type as a heap
type using PyStructSequence_NewType(), rather than using a static
type.
* Move _PyStructSequence_FiniType() definition to pycore_structseq.h.
* test.pythoninfo: log curses.ncurses_version.
setup.py no longer defines Py_BUILD_CORE_MODULE. Instead every
module defines the macro before #include "Python.h" unless
Py_BUILD_CORE_BUILTIN is already defined.
Py_BUILD_CORE_BUILTIN is defined for every module that is built by
Modules/Setup.
The PR also simplifies Modules/Setup. Makefile and makesetup
already define Py_BUILD_CORE_BUILTIN and include Modules/internal
for us.
Signed-off-by: Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>
* issue45067 - Fix _curses compilation in CentOS 7. Verify the version of ncurses
for extended color support feature usage.
The function extended_color_content was introduced in 2017. The ncurses-devel
package in CentOS 7 had a older version ncurses resulted in compilation error.
For compiling ncurses with extended color support, we verify the version of the
ncurses library.
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Add a new Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION type flag to disallow
creating type instances: set tp_new to NULL and don't create the
"__new__" key in the type dictionary.
The flag is set automatically on static types if tp_base is NULL or
&PyBaseObject_Type and tp_new is NULL.
Use the flag on the following types:
* _curses.ncurses_version type
* _curses_panel.panel
* _tkinter.Tcl_Obj
* _tkinter.tkapp
* _tkinter.tktimertoken
* _xxsubinterpretersmodule.ChannelID
* sys.flags type
* sys.getwindowsversion() type
* sys.version_info type
Update MyStr example in the C API documentation to use
Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION.
Add _PyStructSequence_InitType() function to create a structseq type
with the Py_TPFLAGS_DISALLOW_INSTANTIATION flag set.
type_new() calls _PyType_CheckConsistency() at exit.
Serhiy Storchaka