commit 604453c9cea5dfcc5c6373028d0c30a4bd4f94f2
author R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> Mon Apr 14 10:28:58 2014 -0400
committer R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> Mon Apr 14 10:28:58 2014 -0400
tree 2b9f009ad242d9e2df952be6814bafd1f87343b5
parent 04d8a245f162b33e6c861ba0869918d9262be63e

#21169: add comment and doc update for getpass change.

Lib/getpass.py

diff --git a/Lib/getpass.py b/Lib/getpass.py
index 2740363..7c4e976 100644
--- a/Lib/getpass.py
+++ b/Lib/getpass.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
         try:
             stream.write(prompt)
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            # Use replace error handler to get as much as possible printed.
             prompt = prompt.encode(stream.encoding, 'replace')
             prompt = prompt.decode(stream.encoding)
             stream.write(prompt)