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[3.11] gh-95588: Drop the safety claim from`ast.literal_eval` docs. (GH-95919)#97714

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miss-islington merged 1 commit intopython:3.11frommiss-islington:backport-8baef8a-3.11

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[3.11] gh-95588: Drop the safety claim from`ast.literal_eval` docs. (GH-95919)#97714

miss-islington merged 1 commit intopython:3.11frommiss-islington:backport-8baef8a-3.11

Oct 2, 2022

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It was never really safe and this claim conflicts directly with the big warning in the docs about it being able to crash the interpreter.
(cherry picked from commit8baef8a)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smithgreg@krypto.org

Issue:Rephrase ast.literal_eval() to remove any security warranty #95588

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:gpshead

pythongh-95588: Drop the safety claim fromast.literal_evaldocs. (p…

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…ythonGH-95919)It was never really safe and this claim conflicts directly with the big warning in the docs about it being able to crash the interpreter.(cherry picked from commit8baef8a)Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>