+FORM_EXPORT_VAR(FIELDTYPE *) TYPE_IPV4 = &typeIPV4;
+
+#if NCURSES_INTEROP_FUNCS
+/* The next routines are to simplify the use of ncurses from
+ programming languages with restrictions on interop with C level
+ constructs (e.g. variable access or va_list + ellipsis constructs)
+*/
+FORM_EXPORT(FIELDTYPE *)
+_nc_TYPE_IPV4(void)
+{
+ return TYPE_IPV4;
+}
+#endif