From 3bad678e5f1866fa82b5a5f3391fa287eb3c4ee1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 09:42:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix a crash in `curses.napms`

---
 Modules/_cursesmodule.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index 27d5df08de933e..040ffa81153ebe 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -3815,8 +3815,11 @@ static int
 _curses_napms_impl(PyObject *module, int ms)
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=5f292a6a724491bd input=c6d6e01f2f1df9f7]*/
 {
-    PyCursesStatefulInitialised(module);
-
+    if (!_PyCursesStatefulCheckFunction(module,
+                                        curses_initscr_called,
+                                        "initscr")) {
+        return -1;
+    }
     return napms(ms);
 }
 

From c45f186c8870c0f21b796a0e339cab08a0cabd2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 09:43:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] blurb

---
 .../next/Library/2024-11-03-09-42-42.gh-issue-126313.EFP6Dl.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-03-09-42-42.gh-issue-126313.EFP6Dl.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-03-09-42-42.gh-issue-126313.EFP6Dl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-03-09-42-42.gh-issue-126313.EFP6Dl.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dad348d8898f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-03-09-42-42.gh-issue-126313.EFP6Dl.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix an issue in :func:`curses.napms` when :func:`curses.initscr` has not yet
+been called. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.