regex to match python string literal syntax

[Ken Seehart]

I found this:
   http://code.activestate.com/recipes/475109/

But it is incorrect in some cases, such as:
*
"foo \" bar"*  / (incorrectly matches "foo \")/
*
'''*     /(incorrectly matches the second two single quotes)/

*" foo
  bar "*  / (incorrectly matches quote containing newline/)

Anyone know a regular expression that correctly matches python string 
literals?

Thanks in advance,
Ken

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