return value of last expression from multi-line py"""..."""
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Description
Currenty,
```jl
py"""
....Python code
"""
```
returns nothing, because that is what [`Py_CompileString` does for `Py_file_input`](https://docs.python.org/2/c-api/veryhigh.html).
It would be nice to, instead, return the result of the last expression evaluated, similar to what IPython does when evaluating multi-line input. As discussed in #255, IPython does this by parsing the code and then evaluating one expression in the AST at a time, and in principle we could do the same thing.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing how the py"""...""" input is compiled through Py_CompileString, and read the discussion in #255 alongside IPython's multi-line evaluation behavior. The work is complete when multi-line input returns the result of its last expression rather than nothing, with coverage for that behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia, python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100