bug#27154: 25.2; python.el shell does not respect getpass.getpass prompt

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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> I see comint-watch-for-password-prompt was taken out a few years ago 
> (a6dc66a),
> for performance reasons, https://debbugs.gnu.org/16875 . Though from the
> numbers quoted there, it doesn't look like it was causing any problem.

Yeah, it looks like it was just a casualty of over zeolous streamlining.

Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:

> Hmm, not working here - see attachment.
>
> Also when typing the password, it is not echoed. Just dots appear in
> minibuffer.

That means it's working.

> BTW comint-watch-for-password-prompt was already in comint mode -
> another add-hook seems redundant.

Yeah, the problem is that python-mode removes it.

> Looks like the inconvenient results from Python itself - see outside-emacs.png

Sure, the filter isn't supposed to prevent your python program from
printing passwords.