[New-bugs-announce] [issue25335] ast.literal_eval fails to parse numbers with leading "+"

[Scott Turner]

New submission from Scott Turner:

import ast
  ast.literal_eval("+3")
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  [...]
  ValueError: malformed string

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messages: 252476
nosy: Scott Turner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: ast.literal_eval fails to parse numbers with leading "+"
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7

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