diff -r a22ed8b509f5 Lib/code.py
--- a/Lib/code.py	Tue Aug 21 00:53:06 2012 +0200
+++ b/Lib/code.py	Tue Aug 21 09:42:05 2012 +1000
@@ -237,11 +237,10 @@
                 self.resetbuffer()
                 more = 0
 
-    def push(self, line):
+    def push(self, line, symbol='single'):
         """Push a line to the interpreter.
 
-        The line should not have a trailing newline; it may have
-        internal newlines.  The line is appended to a buffer and the
+        The line is appended to a buffer and the
         interpreter's runsource() method is called with the
         concatenated contents of the buffer as source.  If this
         indicates that the command was executed or invalid, the buffer
@@ -250,10 +249,12 @@
         value is 1 if more input is required, 0 if the line was dealt
         with in some way (this is the same as runsource()).
 
+        The symbol controls the grammar start symbol. It should be 'symbol'
+        (the default) or 'eval'.
         """
         self.buffer.append(line)
         source = "\n".join(self.buffer)
-        more = self.runsource(source, self.filename)
+        more = self.runsource(source, self.filename, symbol)
         if not more:
             self.resetbuffer()
         return more
diff -r a22ed8b509f5 Lib/test/test_code_module.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_code_module.py	Tue Aug 21 00:53:06 2012 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_code_module.py	Tue Aug 21 09:42:05 2012 +1000
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@
         self.console.interact()
         self.assertTrue(hook.called)
 
+    def test_gramar_newline(self):
+        line = "beast='Rabbit of Caerbannog'\n"
+        more = self.console.push(line, "single")
+        self.assertFalse(more)
+        self.assertIn("beast", self.console.locals)
+
+    def test_gramar_exec(self):
+        line = "if True:\n beast='Rabbit of Caerbannog'\n"
+        more = self.console.push(line, "exec")
+        self.assertFalse(more)
+        self.assertIn("beast", self.console.locals)
+
 
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(TestInteractiveConsole)