[New-bugs-announce] [issue36566] Support password masking in getpass.getpass()

[Steven Vascellaro]

New submission from Steven Vascellaro <stevoisiak at gmail.com>:

Support password masking in getpass.getpass()

Currently, getpass.getpass() hides all user input when entering a password. This can throw off non-Unix users who are used to passwords being masked with asterisks *. This has led some users to write their own libraries for this functionality.

Proposal:

- Add an optional argument to `getpass.getpass()` for a character to mask user input

Usage Example:

> import getpass
> password = getpass.getpass(mask='*')
Password: **********
> password = getpass.getpass()
Password:

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 339671
nosy: stevoisiak
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Support password masking in getpass.getpass()
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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