[3.14] gh-77065: Use putwch instead of putch in getpass.win_getpass (GH-134058) (#134059)

miss-islington · donBarbos · web-flow · commit 438f464a5a40 · 2025-05-15T15:41:37.000Z
gh-77065: Use `putwch` instead of `putch` in `getpass.win_getpass` (GH-134058) (cherry picked from commit 52a7a22) Co-authored-by: Semyon Moroz <donbarbos@proton.me>
diff --git a/Lib/getpass.py b/Lib/getpass.py
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ def win_getpass(prompt='Password: ', stream=None, *, echo_char=None):
             raise KeyboardInterrupt
         if c == '\b':
             if echo_char and pw:
-                msvcrt.putch('\b')
-                msvcrt.putch(' ')
-                msvcrt.putch('\b')
+                msvcrt.putwch('\b')
+                msvcrt.putwch(' ')
+                msvcrt.putwch('\b')
             pw = pw[:-1]
         else:
             pw = pw + c
