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