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Author	matejcik
Recipients	matejcik
Date	2021-07-28.13:12:10
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Message-id	<1627477931.04.0.603881151944.issue44762@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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...this is a problem because: When the check incorrectly infers that it can use `msvcrt` while its stdin is a pipe, the calls to `putwch` and `getwch` are going into the void and the program effectively freezes waiting for input that never comes. See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49858821/python-getpass-doesnt-work-on-windows-git-bash-mingw64/54046572 https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/854

...this is a problem because:

When the check incorrectly infers that it can use `msvcrt` while its stdin is a pipe, the calls to `putwch` and `getwch` are going into the void and the program effectively freezes waiting for input that never comes.

See also:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49858821/python-getpass-doesnt-work-on-windows-git-bash-mingw64/54046572
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/854

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Date	User	Action	Args
2021-07-28 13:12:11	matejcik	set	recipients: + matejcik
2021-07-28 13:12:11	matejcik	set	messageid: <1627477931.04.0.603881151944.issue44762@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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2021-07-28 13:12:10	matejcik	create