diff --git a/Lib/tokenize.py b/Lib/tokenize.py
index 4371cb37605..1383f212466 100644
--- a/Lib/tokenize.py
+++ b/Lib/tokenize.py
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@
 designed to match the working of the Python tokenizer exactly, except that
 it produces COMMENT tokens for comments and gives type OP for all operators."""
 
-__version__ = "Ka-Ping Yee, 26 October 1997"
+__version__ = "Ka-Ping Yee, 26 October 1997; patched, GvR 3/30/98"
 
 import string, re
 from token import *
 
 COMMENT = N_TOKENS
 tok_name[COMMENT] = 'COMMENT'
+NL = N_TOKENS + 1
+tok_name[NL] = 'NL'
+
 
 # Changes from 1.3:
 #     Ignore now accepts \f as whitespace.  Operator now includes '**'.
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ def tokenize(readline, tokeneater=printtoken):
     lnum = parenlev = continued = 0
     namechars, numchars = string.letters + '_', string.digits
     contstr, needcont = '', 0
+    contline = None
     indents = [0]
 
     while 1:                                   # loop over lines in stream
@@ -96,15 +100,18 @@ def tokenize(readline, tokeneater=printtoken):
             if endmatch:
                 pos = end = endmatch.end(0)
                 tokeneater(STRING, contstr + line[:end],
-                           strstart, (lnum, end), line)
+                           strstart, (lnum, end), contline + line)
                 contstr, needcont = '', 0
+                contline = None
             elif needcont and line[-2:] != '\\\n' and line[-3:] != '\\\r\n':
                 tokeneater(ERRORTOKEN, contstr + line,
-                           strstart, (lnum, len(line)), line)
+                           strstart, (lnum, len(line)), contline)
                 contstr = ''
+                contline = None
                 continue
             else:
                 contstr = contstr + line
+                contline = contline + line
                 continue
 
         elif parenlev == 0 and not continued:  # new statement
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ def tokenize(readline, tokeneater=printtoken):
             if pos == max: break
 
             if line[pos] in '#\r\n':           # skip comments or blank lines
-                tokeneater((NEWLINE, COMMENT)[line[pos] == '#'], line[pos:],
+                tokeneater((NL, COMMENT)[line[pos] == '#'], line[pos:],
                            (lnum, pos), (lnum, len(line)), line)
                 continue
 
@@ -146,7 +153,8 @@ def tokenize(readline, tokeneater=printtoken):
                     or (initial == '.' and token != '.'):  # ordinary number
                     tokeneater(NUMBER, token, spos, epos, line)
                 elif initial in '\r\n':
-                    tokeneater(NEWLINE, token, spos, epos, line)
+                    tokeneater(parenlev > 0 and NL or NEWLINE,
+                               token, spos, epos, line)
                 elif initial == '#':
                     tokeneater(COMMENT, token, spos, epos, line)
                 elif token in ("'''", '"""',               # triple-quoted
@@ -160,6 +168,7 @@ def tokenize(readline, tokeneater=printtoken):
                     else:
                         strstart = (lnum, start)           # multiple lines
                         contstr = line[start:]
+                        contline = line
                         break
                 elif initial in ("'", '"') or \
                     token[:2] in ("r'", 'r"', "R'", 'R"'):
@@ -167,6 +176,7 @@ def tokenize(readline, tokeneater=printtoken):
                         strstart = (lnum, start)
                         endprog = endprogs[initial] or endprogs[token[1]]
                         contstr, needcont = line[start:], 1
+                        contline = line
                         break
                     else:                                  # ordinary string
                         tokeneater(STRING, token, spos, epos, line)