curses mystical error output

[Skip Montanaro]

> I have a fairly simple curses app which is giving me this error:
> 
>     addstr() returned ERR

I tried something else.  Using both python 2.4 and SVN head (aka 2.6a0 sort of)
I tried the curses regression test.  Both versions crashed, though with somewhat
different errors.  Maybe the Solaris 10 curses stuff is toast?

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