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1609 :: readPasswordFromStdin

[2015-09-03T03:46:07+02:00]

DarkBlue (orginal) [2015-09-03T03:46:07+02:00] view original
```
import rdstdin
let pw = readPasswordFromStdin("Get PW : ")
echo pw
```
I tried this but it seems passwords with length > 6 are truncated . Tested on linux latest nim-dev only.

jsanc (orginal) [2015-09-03T06:18:08+02:00] view original

I found this via git bisecting:

The first bad commit could be any of:
3943fba34b317abf2c2421fdfd0f042dd34bbbc6
401189c3fe3f02ec90a9905f981667a1b9a1d40a
a9b299b4ede7e96c35a6b558bbca946692d1e99d

Jehan (orginal) [2015-09-03T12:22:41+02:00] view original
Known bug, fix in the pipeline here.

Temporary workaround: Use the version:
```
proc readPasswordFromStdin*(prompt: string, password: var TaintedString):
                              bool {.tags: [ReadIOEffect, WriteIOEffect].}
```
with a sufficiently long password string (e.g. newStringOfCap(100) instead.

DarkBlue (orginal) [2015-09-03T13:02:54+02:00] view original

Thanks for looking into this. Araq has just merged the PR and after pulling the latest nim-dev it works fine.

Bugs apparently have a short life when it comes to Nim :)