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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2008-04-22 08:11:33 +0000
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2008-04-22 08:11:33 +0000
commitd59fefb23adc75fbdec618e24e93848ae406e3d8 (patch)
tree619b5d2a0e1b47fefb544b1b5b42db24e8ee60d2
parent19b441118169f99b0e6f02afb4ee1621336492ed (diff)
downloadcpython-git-d59fefb23adc75fbdec618e24e93848ae406e3d8.tar.gz
update the getpass entry
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@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ Extensions Modules
Library
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-- getpass.getpass() now works when sys.stdin is not a tty by printing a warning
- and falling back to sys.stdin.readline instead of raising termios.error.
+- The getpass module has been improved on Unix. It now uses /dev/tty
+ by default and uses stderr instead of stdout. A GetPassWarning is
+ issued when input echo cannot be controlled.
- Issue #2014: Allow XML-RPC datetime objects to have dates before
1900-01-01.