root password in a .py script

[Bart Nessux]

I have to place a root password into a Python script. Is there a way to
encode it so that one can't read the password when viewing the file, but
when the sting is used it's decoded? For example:

pass = "#$%^&@*#&*$^@"
instead of:
pass = "root-password"

Thanks,

Bart