From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:07:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: win_getpass(): if sys.stdin is not sys.__stdin__, use
X-Git-Tag: v2.2a3~206
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=60250e2859bd1e736e9a741f4c419002f6afcfd6;p=python

win_getpass(): if sys.stdin is not sys.__stdin__, use
default_getpass().  This should prevent hanging when it is called in
IDLE.

Fixes SF bug #455648.
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diff --git a/Lib/getpass.py b/Lib/getpass.py
index e811890e1e..eefb1f9558 100644
--- a/Lib/getpass.py
+++ b/Lib/getpass.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def unix_getpass(prompt='Password: '):
 
 def win_getpass(prompt='Password: '):
     """Prompt for password with echo off, using Windows getch()."""
+    if sys.stdin is not sys.__stdin__:
+        return default_getpass(prompt)
     import msvcrt
     for c in prompt:
         msvcrt.putch(c)