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 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- ast.literal_eval() can now handle negative numbers.  It is also a little
+  more liberal in what it accepts without compromising the safety of the
+  evaluation.  For example, 3j+4 and 3+4+5 are both accepted.
+
 - Issue #10006: type.__abstractmethods__ now raises an AttributeError.  As a
   result metaclasses can now be ABCs (see #9533).