#11732: add a new suppress_crash_popup() context manager to test.support that disables crash popups on Windows and use it in test_ctypes.

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diff --git a/Doc/library/test.rst b/Doc/library/test.rst
index 40f4115ead..24e06d5215 100644
--- a/Doc/library/test.rst
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@@ -365,6 +365,13 @@ The :mod:`test.support` module defines the following functions:
       assert s.getvalue() == "hello\n"
 
 
+.. function:: suppress_crash_popup()
+
+   A context manager that disables Windows Error Reporting dialogs using
+   `SetErrorMode <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms680621%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>`_.
+   On other platforms it's a no-op.
+
+
 .. function:: import_module(name, deprecated=False)
 
    This function imports and returns the named module. Unlike a normal