getpass.getpass() on Win2K/XP

[djw]

Question (possible bug?) using getpass.getpass() on Win2K/XP:

 From getpass.py:

# Bind the name getpass to the appropriate function
try:
     import termios
except ImportError:
     try:
         import msvcrt
     except ImportError:
         try:
             from EasyDialogs import AskPassword
         except ImportError:
             getpass = default_getpass
         else:
             getpass = AskPassword
     else:
         getpass = win_getpass
else:
     getpass = unix_getpass

On my 2.2.1 install of ActiveState, 'import termios' does not fail. So, 
getpass() gets bound to unix_getpass() and then fails with:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
   File "C:\Python22\lib\getpass.py", line 29, in unix_getpass
     old = termios.tcgetattr(fd)     # a copy to save
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'tcgetattr'

It seems from the docstring in termios that this module is deprecated, 
so is it just the case that getpass hasn't been updated to reflect that yet?

The workaround, of course, is to call win_getpass() directly, but that 
kind of kills the platform neutrality of this module.


/d/