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Clarify public name of curses.window #87904
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| BPO | 43738 |
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| Nosy | @serhiy-storchaka |
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title = 'Clarify public name of curses.window'
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versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']Linked PRs
- gh-87904: Document curses classes #151643
- [3.15] gh-87904: Document curses classes (GH-151643) #152048
- gh-87904: Report the public module name in curses types and exceptions #152341
- [3.14] gh-87904: Document curses classes (GH-151643) #153751
- [3.13] gh-87904: Document curses classes (GH-151643) #153752
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rmccampbell7 commented on Apr 5, 2021
Until 3.8 the curses window class was not directly available in code, but now it is available as _curses.window. This is not explicitly stated in the documentation (although it is consistent with how the method signatures are written). It is useful to have a public name for the type to aid IDE's with explicit type annotations, i.e.
See python/typeshed#5180, which adds this name to type hints in the typeshed project.
This name should be more clearly documented so programmers can annotate the type without worrying that it may change (which will cause a runtime error unless it is quoted).
serhiy-storchaka commented on Apr 6, 2021
It could help also in help().
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serhiy-storchaka commented on Jun 18, 2026
curses.window was already documented in GH-138414 (backported to 3.14). #151643 documents also curses.panel.panel and curses.panel.error and adds docstrings to all four classes.
gh-87904: Document curses classes (GH-151643)
[3.15] gh-87904: Document curses classes (GH-151643) (GH-152048)
gh-87904: Report the public module name in curses types and exceptions (
serhiy-storchaka commented on Jun 27, 2026
And now, python -m pydoc curses and python -m pydoc curses.panel show also all classes and their methods.
pythongh-87904: Document curses classes (pythonGH-151643)
pythongh-87904: Document curses classes (pythonGH-151643)
[3.14] gh-87904: Document curses classes (GH-151643) (GH-153751)
[3.13] gh-87904: Document curses classes (GH-151643) (GH-153752)