ast.literal_eval can properly evaluate complex numbers now. This fixes issue4907.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ast.py b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
index 00a5aae..994e10b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ast.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ast.py
@@ -271,6 +271,17 @@
self.assertEqual(ast.literal_eval('(True, False, None)'), (True, False, None))
self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, 'foo()')
+ def test_literal_eval_issue4907(self):
+ self.assertEqual(ast.literal_eval('2j'), 2j)
+ self.assertEqual(ast.literal_eval('10 + 2j'), 10 + 2j)
+ self.assertEqual(ast.literal_eval('1.5 - 2j'), 1.5 - 2j)
+ try:
+ ast.literal_eval('2 + (3 + 4j)')
+ except ValueError:
+ pass
+ else:
+ self.fail('expected value error')
+
def test_main():
test_support.run_unittest(AST_Tests, ASTHelpers_Test)