create NameConstant AST class for None, True, and False literals (closes #16619)

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/ast.py b/Lib/ast.py
index 13f59f9dfa..02c3b2867f 100644
--- a/Lib/ast.py
+++ b/Lib/ast.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ def literal_eval(node_or_string):
     Python literal structures: strings, bytes, numbers, tuples, lists, dicts,
     sets, booleans, and None.
     """
-    _safe_names = {'None': None, 'True': True, 'False': False}
     if isinstance(node_or_string, str):
         node_or_string = parse(node_or_string, mode='eval')
     if isinstance(node_or_string, Expression):
@@ -61,9 +60,8 @@ def literal_eval(node_or_string):
         elif isinstance(node, Dict):
             return dict((_convert(k), _convert(v)) for k, v
                         in zip(node.keys, node.values))
-        elif isinstance(node, Name):
-            if node.id in _safe_names:
-                return _safe_names[node.id]
+        elif isinstance(node, NameConstant):
+            return node.value
         elif isinstance(node, UnaryOp) and \
              isinstance(node.op, (UAdd, USub)) and \
              isinstance(node.operand, (Num, UnaryOp, BinOp)):