From 7e1fc78f76fc5cf03e8d4588c66ea143fdc65023 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: smathis <stefan.mathis@psi.ch>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:49:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Moved curses from top-level import to function-level import
 and added a comment why that is necessary

---
 utils/decodeMasterMACStatusR10.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils/decodeMasterMACStatusR10.py b/utils/decodeMasterMACStatusR10.py
index 26f71b2..a05f899 100755
--- a/utils/decodeMasterMACStatusR10.py
+++ b/utils/decodeMasterMACStatusR10.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import curses
-
 # List of tuples which encodes the states given in the file description.
 # Index first with the bit index, then with the bit value
 interpretation = [
@@ -42,6 +40,13 @@ def print_decoded(bit_list, interpreted):
         print(f"Bit {idx} = {bit_value}: {msg}")
 
 def interactive():
+
+    # Imported here, because curses is not available in Windows. Using the 
+    # interactive mode therefore fails on Windows, but at least the single 
+    # command mode can be used (which would not be possible if we would import
+    # curses at the top level)
+    import curses
+
     stdscr = curses.initscr()
     curses.noecho()
     curses.cbreak()