[3.15] gh-154587: Fix Windows buffer declaration in _cursesmodule (GH-154609) (GH-154931)

miss-islington · BHUVANSH855 · web-flow · commit f82903b01e3b · 2026-07-30T14:46:27.000Z
(cherry picked from commit 0e54a40) Co-authored-by: Bhuvansh <bhuvanshkataria@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ PyCursesWindow_New(cursesmodule_state *state,
 {
     if (encoding == NULL) {
 #if defined(MS_WINDOWS)
-        char *buffer[100];
+        char buffer[100];
         UINT cp;
         cp = GetConsoleOutputCP();
         if (cp != 0) {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ PyCursesWindow_New(cursesmodule_state *state,`
`892`	`892`	`{`
`893`	`893`	`if (encoding == NULL) {`
`894`	`894`	`#if defined(MS_WINDOWS)`
`895`		`- char *buffer[100];`
	`895`	`+ char buffer[100];`
`896`	`896`	`UINT cp;`
`897`	`897`	`cp = GetConsoleOutputCP();`
`898`	`898`	`if (cp != 0) {`