cope with triple-quoted strings (says Barry)
diff --git a/Misc/python-mode-old.el b/Misc/python-mode-old.el
index de5a8cb..76b391c 100644
--- a/Misc/python-mode-old.el
+++ b/Misc/python-mode-old.el
@@ -596,6 +596,13 @@
;; happens to be a continuation line too
(re-search-backward "^[ \t]*\\([^ \t\n#]\\|#[ \t\n]\\)"
nil 'move)
+ ;; if we landed inside a string, go to the beginning of that string
+ (let ((state (parse-partial-sexp
+ (save-excursion (beginning-of-python-def-or-class)
+ (point))
+ (point))))
+ (if (nth 3 state)
+ (goto-char (nth 2 state))))
(py-goto-initial-line)
(if (py-statement-opens-block-p)
(+ (current-indentation) py-indent-offset)