Re: [bug-ncurses] API change with macro KEY_EVENT?

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 09:42:40AM +0200, Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> On 2020/08/14 09:39:31 +0200, Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've a report from our build team doing a stage test (rebuilding all tools
> > with new libraries and/or compilers):
> > 
> > | Visit https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/825926
> > | 
> > | Dominique Leuenberger wrote in request 825926:
> > | 
> > |
> > | [  128s] In file included from curkeys.cc:30:
> > | [  128s] curkeys.h:168:5: error: 'KEY_EVENT' was not declared in this 
> > scope; did you mean 'KEY_OPEN'?
> > | [  128s]   168 |   { KEY_EVENT,      "Event"               },
> > | [  128s]       |     ^~~~~~~~~
> > | [  128s]       |     KEY_OPEN
> > 
> > What had happen to KEY_EVENT
> 
> It should be noted that I do not care about Visual C++ :)
> and the change for this compiler breaks tools here:
> 
> | Dominique Leuenberger wrote in request 825926:
> | 
> | [@WernerFink](https://build.opensuse.org/users/WernerFink)
> | 
> | breaks at least dpkg and zsh (KEY_EVENT changes)

well, to make some case for changing it, we have to find the scenario
where the program logic is using it.  Otherwise, the problematic line(s)
in the program can be discarded :-)

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Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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