Message6598

Hi, 
I've run into a problem where on Windows, the getpass.getpass() function does not behave as expected. I'm expecting it to: 
1. Prompt me for a password. 
2. Wait for me to type something in (without echoing), and press enter. 
3. Return the string I typed. 

However, the behavior I observe is that after the password prompt, the program hangs: 

Jython 2.5.2 (Release_2_5_2:7206, Mar 2 2011, 23:12:06) 
[Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (Sun Microsystems Inc.)] on java1.6.0_26 
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. 
>>> from getpass import getpass 
>>> getpass() 
Password: 

(and this point, the program hangs, and does not respond to keyboard input, not even Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D, Ctrl-Z etc) 

I've successfully replicated this behavior on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. Solaris, MacOS X and Linux does not appear to be affected. 

I've implemented the attached workaround in my environment, and it seems to work (though it's more Java than Jython).