Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 11:40:01 +0200 (IST)
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On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ben Davis wrote:

> james archer wrote in message <38E92F15 DOT 459B04 AT mindspring DOT com>...
> >Anyone happen to have a routine that will let the user enter a password
> >with the letters represented by *s, that will send the input to a
> >string?
> 
> It's not hard to write one.

Yes, but why?  Aren't `getpass' and `getlongpass' in the library good
enough?