added test for GH-306

IPython/core/tests/test_interactiveshell.py

@@ -35,14 +35,14 b' class InteractiveShellTestCase(unittest.TestCase):'
         # And also multi-line cells
         ip.run_cell('"""a\nb"""\n')
         self.assertEquals(ip.user_ns['_'], 'a\nb')
-        
+
     def test_run_empty_cell(self):
         """Just make sure we don't get a horrible error with a blank
         cell of input. Yes, I did overlook that."""
         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()
@@ -54,4 +54,11 b' class InteractiveShellTestCase(unittest.TestCase):'
         ip.run_cell(src)
         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)