added test for GH-306

IPython/core/tests/test_interactiveshell.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 b' class InteractiveShellTestCase(unittest.TestCase):'
         ip = get_ipython()
         ip.run_cell('')
 
-    def test_run_cell_multilne(self):
+    def test_run_cell_multiline(self):
         """Multi-block, multi-line cells must execute correctly.
         """
         ip = get_ipython()
@@ -55,3 +55,10 b' class InteractiveShellTestCase(unittest.TestCase):'
         self.assertEquals(ip.user_ns['x'], 2)
         self.assertEquals(ip.user_ns['y'], 3)
         
+    def test_multiline_string_cells(self):
+        """Code sprinkled with multiline strings should execute (GH-306)"""
+        ip = get_ipython()
+        ip.run_cell('tmp=0')
+        self.assertEquals(ip.user_ns['tmp'], 0)
+        ip.run_cell('tmp=1;"""a\nb"""\n')
+        self.assertEquals(ip.user_ns['tmp'], 1)