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curses doc : getch is blocking by default #50544

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nojhan mannequin opened this issue Jun 17, 2009 · 2 comments
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curses doc : getch is blocking by default #50544

nojhan mannequin opened this issue Jun 17, 2009 · 2 comments
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nojhan mannequin commented Jun 17, 2009

BPO 6295
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nojhan mannequin commented Jun 17, 2009

The documentation of the curses module is not clear on the fact that
getch is blocking by default:
http://docs.python.org/3.0/library/curses.html#curses.window.getch

I suggest the following description instead of the current one:
"Get a character. Note that the integer returned does not have to be in
ASCII range: function keys, keypad keys and so on return numbers higher
than 256. By default, getch() is blocking and wait indefinitely for a
key press. In nodelay() mode, -1 is returned if there is no input."

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I've committed a similar change in r73462.

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