forgot the best part - the new tests...
see patch 586561
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_eof.py b/Lib/test/test_eof.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..683649d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_eof.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+"""test script for a few new invalid token catches"""
+
+import os
+import unittest
+from test import test_support
+
+class EOFTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+ def test_EOFC(self):
+ try:
+ eval("""'this is a test\
+ """)
+ except SyntaxError, msg:
+ self.assertEqual(str(msg),
+ "EOL while scanning single-quoted string (line 1)")
+ else:
+ raise test_support.TestFailed
+
+ def test_EOFS(self):
+ try:
+ eval("""'''this is a test""")
+ except SyntaxError, msg:
+ self.assertEqual(str(msg),
+ "EOF while scanning triple-quoted string (line 1)")
+ else:
+ raise test_support.TestFailed
+
+def test_main():
+ test_support.run_unittest(EOFTestCase)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ test_main()