New submission from Saiyang Gou <gousaiyang...@gmail.com>:
`ast.literal_eval` does not accept code with leading whitespaces, while `eval` accepts them, which is an inconsistency. ``` >>> import ast >>> eval(' 1') 1 >>> ast.literal_eval(' 1') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/ast.py", line 62, in literal_eval node_or_string = parse(node_or_string, mode='eval') File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/ast.py", line 50, in parse return compile(source, filename, mode, flags, File "<unknown>", line 1 1 IndentationError: unexpected indent ``` ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 377687 nosy: gousaiyang priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: ast.literal_eval does not accept strings with leading whitespaces type: enhancement versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue41887> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com