diff -r 9af7a7f14e94 Tools/clinic/clinic.py
--- a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py	Fri Jan 24 15:34:19 2014 +0100
+++ b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py	Fri Jan 24 11:34:43 2014 -0600
@@ -3317,8 +3317,13 @@
                     bad = blacklist.bad
                 else:
                     # if they specify a c_default, we can be more lenient about the default value.
-                    # but at least ensure that we can turn it into text and reconstitute it correctly.
-                    bad = default != repr(eval(default))
+                    # but at least make sure it's a valid expression.
+                    try:
+                        eval(default)
+                    except SyntaxError:
+                        bad = True
+                    except Exception:
+                        bad = False # probably
                 if bad:
                     fail("Unsupported expression as default value: " + repr(default))