I updated the patch that add configuration check for is_pad. the is_pad is wrapped into py_is_pad at Modules/_cursesmodule.c:932 by either of three ways.
Case one -- is_pad is found: Define the macro that is simple wrapping.
Case two -- is_pad is not found, however WINDOW has _flags field: Define the macro using _flags field.
Case three -- is_pad is not found, and WINDOW doesn't have _flags field: Define the macro that is always preprocessed to FALSE.
I succeeded to build curses module on Cygwin (Vista x86) using this patch.
This patch doesn't include that undo fixes for specific platforms.