From 656079a02e87c782698e2459e6202297b2ac041c 2012-06-23 03:21:52
From: Fernando Perez <Fernando.Perez@berkeley.edu>
Date: 2012-06-23 03:21:52
Subject: [PATCH] Add failing test when pasting multiline strings with leading commas.

See #1258.

---

diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_magic_terminal.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_magic_terminal.py
index 19d75bd..d7aa344 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_magic_terminal.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_magic_terminal.py
@@ -179,3 +179,13 @@ class PasteTestCase(TestCase):
         nt.assert_equal(ip.user_ns['b'], 200)
         nt.assert_equal(out, code+"\n## -- End pasted text --\n")
 
+    def test_paste_leading_commas(self):
+        "Test multiline strings with leading commas"
+        tm = ip.magics_manager.registry['TerminalMagics']
+        s = '''\                        
+a = """
+,1,2,3
+"""'''
+        ip.user_ns.pop('foo', None)
+        tm.store_or_execute(s, 'foo')
+        nt.assert_in('foo', ip.user_ns)