forgot the best part - the new tests...

see patch 586561

Lib/test/test_eof.py

+#! /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()