cope with triple-quoted strings (says Barry)

diff --git a/Misc/python-mode-old.el b/Misc/python-mode-old.el
index de5a8cb8b579326cb7cf56082de18a579ee85f70..76b391c5980bd1eb1c0a24b499ebfbae704dc2e1 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/python-mode-old.el
+++ b/Misc/python-mode-old.el
@@ -596,6 +596,13 @@ the new line indented."
        ;; 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)