Index: form.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/form.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.155
diff -u -p -r1.155 form.inc
--- form.inc	12 Oct 2006 20:36:51 -0000	1.155
+++ form.inc	16 Oct 2006 15:22:34 -0000
@@ -1348,9 +1348,10 @@ function theme_markup($element) {
 */
 function theme_password($element) {
   $size = $element['#size'] ? ' size="'. $element['#size'] .'" ' : '';
+  $maxlength = $element['#maxlength'] ? ' maxlength="'. $element['#maxlength'] .'" ' : '';
 
   _form_set_class($element, array('form-text'));
-  $output = '<input type="password" maxlength="'. $element['#maxlength'] .'" name="'. $element['#name'] .'" id="'. $element['#id'] .'" '. $size . drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) .' />';
+  $output = '<input type="password" name="'. $element['#name'] .'" id="'. $element['#id'] .'" '. $maxlength . $size . drupal_attributes($element['#attributes']) .' />';
   return theme('form_element', $element, $output);
 }