(Hoping that emailing the bug address is enough to respond to an existing bug, and that I didn't miss recent follow-ups) (Resending, since I apparently emailed the wrong bug number at first) Here's a reliable repro: def f(): " def g(): """That's a docstring""" return '' Place the point after the unclosed quote in f, and run (python-info-current-defun). You get this: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (cl-assertion-failed ((> string-start last-string-end) "Overlapping strings detected (start=%d, last-end=%d)" 67 67)) cl--assertion-failed((> string-start last-string-end) "Overlapping strings detected (start=%d, last-end=%d)" (67 67) nil) python-nav-end-of-statement() python-nav-end-of-defun() python-info-current-defun() eval((python-info-current-defun) nil) eval-expression((python-info-current-defun) nil nil 127) funcall-interactively(eval-expression (python-info-current-defun) nil nil 127) call-interactively(eval-expression nil nil) command-execute(eval-expression) This error triggers in the wild for me due to which-function-mode, which calls python-info-current-defun. Clément.