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SyntaxError when evaluating ast of autosave file

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Searched the issues page for similar reports
Read the relevant sections of the Spyder Troubleshooting Guide and followed its advice
Reproduced the issue after updating with conda update spyder (or pip, if not using Anaconda)
Could not reproduce inside jupyter qtconsole (if console-related)
Tried basic troubleshooting (if a bug/error)
- Restarted Spyder
- Reset preferences with spyder --reset
- Reinstalled the latest version of Anaconda
- Tried the other applicable steps from the Troubleshooting Guide
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\MisterOIlz\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\app\mainwindow.py", line 3718, in main
    mainwindow = run_spyder(app, options, args)
  File "C:\Users\MisterOIlz\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\app\mainwindow.py", line 3559, in run_spyder
    main.setup()
  File "C:\Users\MisterOIlz\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\app\mainwindow.py", line 955, in setup
    self.editor = Editor(self)
  File "C:\Users\MisterOIlz\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\editor\plugin.py", line 178, in __init__
    self.autosave.try_recover_from_autosave()
  File "C:\Users\MisterOIlz\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\editor\utils\autosave.py", line 176, in try_recover_from_autosave
    files_to_recover, pidfiles = self.get_files_to_recover()
  File "C:\Users\MisterOIlz\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\editor\utils\autosave.py", line 149, in get_files_to_recover
    txt_as_dict = ast.literal_eval(txt)
  File "C:\Users\MisterOIlz\Anaconda3\lib\ast.py", line 46, in literal_eval
    node_or_string = parse(node_or_string, mode='eval')
  File "C:\Users\MisterOIlz\Anaconda3\lib\ast.py", line 35, in parse
    return compile(source, filename, mode, PyCF_ONLY_AST)
  File "<unknown>", line 0

    ^
SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing
[13252:12040:0208/170603.661:ERROR:broker_win.cc(59)] Error reading broker pipe: The pipe has been ended. (0x6D)