getpass.getpass() bugged?

[Garrett G. Hodgson]

Matthias Grutzeck wrote:
> 
> super_banane at yahoo.com wrote:
> > >>> import getpass
> > >>> getpass.getpass()
> > Password: hello
> > 'hello'
> > >>>
> 
> Without assigning the returnvalue to a variable the interpreter will
> show you the result of the call. If you have a look at the my example,
> you will see the behaviour...

perhaps this is necessary, but it is not sufficient:

--> python
Python 1.5.2b2 (#1, Feb 22 1999, 15:52:39) [C] on irix646
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import getpass
>>> foo=getpass.getpass()
Password: oops
>>> print foo
oops

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