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gh-152260: Fix flaky curses test_scr_dump on macOS (GH-152390)
The screen dump embeds raw pointers that change after scr_restore(), so comparing dump bytes is unreliable. Test the round-trip functionally instead. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Lib/test/test_curses.py

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@@ -1120,9 +1120,10 @@ def test_putwin(self):
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def test_scr_dump(self):
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# Test scr_dump(), scr_restore(), scr_init() and scr_set().
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# scr_dump() writes the virtual screen to a named file; the other three
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# functions load it back. The dumped image is internal curses state,
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# not a window, so the round-trip is checked by comparing dump files
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# rather than reading cells.
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# load it back. The dump is opaque internal curses state -- on some
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# platforms (such as macOS) it embeds raw pointers that change whenever
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# the screen is reallocated -- so the round-trip is exercised
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# functionally rather than by comparing dump bytes.
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stdscr = self.stdscr
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stdscr.erase()
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stdscr.addstr(0, 0, 'screen dump test')
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dump = os.path.join(d, 'dump')
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self.assertIsNone(curses.scr_dump(dump))
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with open(dump, 'rb') as f:
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image = f.read()
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self.assertTrue(image)
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# The dump format embeds raw pointers on some platforms (such as
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# macOS), so two dumps of the same screen are not always identical.
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# Only compare dump files when the format proves deterministic.
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dump2 = os.path.join(d, 'dump2')
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curses.scr_dump(dump2)
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with open(dump2, 'rb') as f:
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deterministic = f.read() == image
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# scr_restore() reloads that virtual screen, so dumping it again
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# reproduces the original file even after the screen has changed.
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self.assertTrue(f.read())
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# scr_restore() reloads the saved virtual screen, even after the
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# screen has changed.
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stdscr.erase()
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stdscr.addstr(0, 0, 'something else')
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stdscr.refresh()
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self.assertIsNone(curses.scr_restore(dump))
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if deterministic:
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restored = os.path.join(d, 'restored')
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curses.scr_dump(restored)
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with open(restored, 'rb') as f:
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self.assertEqual(f.read(), image)
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# scr_init() and scr_set() accept a dump file and return None.
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# scr_init() and scr_set() also accept a dump file and return None.
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self.assertIsNone(curses.scr_init(dump))
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self.assertIsNone(curses.scr_set(dump))
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# A bytes (path-like) filename is accepted too.

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