From f08ab0ad158f88f05dd923b129d2397e1882be14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1992 16:41:41 +0000
Subject: Skip leading whitespace of eval() string argument.

---
 Python/bltinmodule.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index bf4d3fd..8c8d60c 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ exec_eval(v, start)
 	int start;
 {
 	object *str = NULL, *globals = NULL, *locals = NULL;
+	char *s;
 	int n;
 	if (v != NULL) {
 		if (is_stringobject(v))
@@ -167,7 +168,12 @@ exec_eval(v, start)
 		    "exec/eval arguments must be string[,dict[,dict]]");
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	return run_string(getstringvalue(str), start, globals, locals);
+	s = getstringvalue(str);
+	if (start == eval_input) {
+		while (*s == ' ' || *s == '\t')
+			s++;
+	}
+	return run_string(s, start, globals, locals);
 }
 
 static object *
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