input: def generate_password() -> str:
      """Generate a random password consisting of 8 characters, including letters, digits, and special characters.
      >>> password = generate_password()
      >>> len(password)
      8
      >>> any(c.isdigit() for c in password)
      True
      >>> any(c.isalpha() for c in password)
      True
      >>> any(c in string.punctuation for c in password)
      True
      """
      import random
      import string
      password_characters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
      return ''.join(random.choice(password_characters) for i in range(8))
output:     import random
      import string
      password_characters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + string.punctuation
      return ''.join(random.choice(password_characters) for i in range(8))