Explode more informatively if Python 3 version < 3.2.3.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/blessings/__init__.py b/blessings/__init__.py
index 67bbddb..33b5cdc 100644
--- a/blessings/__init__.py
+++ b/blessings/__init__.py
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ except ImportError:
         pass
 import os
 from os import isatty, environ
+from platform import python_version_tuple
 import struct
 import sys
 from termios import TIOCGWINSZ
 
 
+if ('3', '0', '0') <= python_version_tuple() < ('3', '2', '2+'):  # Good till 3.2.10
+    # Python 3.x < 3.2.3 has a bug in which tparm() erroneously takes a string.
+    raise ImportError('Blessings needs Python 3.2.3 or greater for Python 3 support due to http://bugs.python.org/issue10570.')
+
+
 __all__ = ['Terminal']