[Python-ideas] Password masking for getpass.getpass

[Oleg Broytman]

Hi!

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 12:54:14PM +1100, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
> The old convention on Linux and Unix is to just suppress all feedback, 
> but even on Linux GUI applications normally show bullets ??? or asterisks. 

   Modern GUIs show the real character for a short period of time and
then replace it with an asterisk.

Oleg.
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