I can't reproduce the error. Freebsd,python 2.4 runs it.
> cat x.py
"""
dummy = '''
something
here
'''
"""
import doctest; doctest.testmod()
> python x.py
>
maybe the file is different.
> python -c "print open('x.py').read().encode('base64')"
IiIiCmR1bW15ID0gJycnCgpzb21ldGhpbmcKaGVyZQonJycKIiIiCmltcG9ydCBkb2N0ZXN0OyBk
b2N0ZXN0LnRlc3Rtb2QoKQo=
Paolino
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