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-rw-r--r--Lib/ast.py11
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_ast.py6
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-02-14-24-48.bpo-40355.xTujaB.rst2
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/ast.py b/Lib/ast.py
index 157a8332eb..0c88bcf4c8 100644
--- a/Lib/ast.py
+++ b/Lib/ast.py
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ def literal_eval(node_or_string):
node_or_string = parse(node_or_string, mode='eval')
if isinstance(node_or_string, Expression):
node_or_string = node_or_string.body
+ def _raise_malformed_node(node):
+ raise ValueError(f'malformed node or string: {node!r}')
def _convert_num(node):
- if isinstance(node, Constant):
- if type(node.value) in (int, float, complex):
- return node.value
- raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node))
+ if not isinstance(node, Constant) or type(node.value) not in (int, float, complex):
+ _raise_malformed_node(node)
+ return node.value
def _convert_signed_num(node):
if isinstance(node, UnaryOp) and isinstance(node.op, (UAdd, USub)):
operand = _convert_num(node.operand)
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ def literal_eval(node_or_string):
elif isinstance(node, Set):
return set(map(_convert, node.elts))
elif isinstance(node, Dict):
+ if len(node.keys) != len(node.values):
+ _raise_malformed_node(node)
return dict(zip(map(_convert, node.keys),
map(_convert, node.values)))
elif isinstance(node, BinOp) and isinstance(node.op, (Add, Sub)):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ast.py b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
index 3e8a39dc41..8887558ce4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ast.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
@@ -869,6 +869,12 @@ class ASTHelpers_Test(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, '3+(0+6j)')
self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, '-(3+6j)')
+ def test_literal_eval_malformed_dict_nodes(self):
+ malformed = ast.Dict(keys=[ast.Constant(1), ast.Constant(2)], values=[ast.Constant(3)])
+ self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, malformed)
+ malformed = ast.Dict(keys=[ast.Constant(1)], values=[ast.Constant(2), ast.Constant(3)])
+ self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, malformed)
+
def test_bad_integer(self):
# issue13436: Bad error message with invalid numeric values
body = [ast.ImportFrom(module='time',
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-02-14-24-48.bpo-40355.xTujaB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-02-14-24-48.bpo-40355.xTujaB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81f9e937a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-02-14-24-48.bpo-40355.xTujaB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Improve error reporting in :func:`ast.literal_eval` in the presence of malformed :class:`ast.Dict`
+nodes instead of silently ignoring any non-conforming elements. Patch by Curtis Bucher.