input: 
  import random
  import string
  
  def generate_password() -> str:
      """Generate a random password consisting of 8 characters which can be numbers, letters, or special characters.
      >>> generate_password()
      '&q5V!9p#'
      >>> generate_password()
      '3F$y2LxZ'
      """
      password_characters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
      return ''.join(random.choice(password_characters) for i in range(8))
  
  generate_password()
  
output:     password_characters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
      return ''.join(random.choice(password_characters) for i in range(8))