https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3266edefd78c0f4e19ab4fe7a0718f2aff9af606
commit: 3266edefd78c0f4e19ab4fe7a0718f2aff9af606
branch: main
author: Sergio López Gómez <[email protected]>
committer: nedbat <[email protected]>
date: 2026-06-09T11:36:05-04:00
summary:
Docs: add cross-references to improve navigation in `getpass.rst` (#151092)
files:
M Doc/library/getpass.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/getpass.rst b/Doc/library/getpass.rst
index fd96f3bbf6a574..f60cc63414f764 100644
--- a/Doc/library/getpass.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/getpass.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The :mod:`!getpass` module provides two functions:
the string *prompt*, which defaults to ``'Password: '``. On Unix, the
prompt is written to the file-like object *stream* using the replace error
handler if needed. *stream* defaults to the controlling terminal
- (:file:`/dev/tty`) or if that is unavailable to ``sys.stderr`` (this
+ (:file:`/dev/tty`) or if that is unavailable to :data:`sys.stderr` (this
argument is ignored on Windows).
The *echo_char* argument controls how user input is displayed while typing.
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ The :mod:`!getpass` module provides two functions:
typed character is replaced by it. For example, ``echo_char='*'`` will
display asterisks instead of the actual input.
- If echo free input is unavailable getpass() falls back to printing
- a warning message to *stream* and reading from ``sys.stdin`` and
+ If echo-free input is unavailable, :func:`getpass` falls back to printing
+ a warning message to *stream* and reading from :data:`sys.stdin` and
issuing a :exc:`GetPassWarning`.
.. note::
- If you call getpass from within IDLE, the input may be done in the
+ If you call :func:`getpass` from within IDLE, the input may be done in
the
terminal you launched IDLE from rather than the idle window itself.
.. note::
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