import ast import sys class _CatchDisplay: """Class to temporarily catch sys.displayhook""" def __init__(self): self.output = None def __enter__(self): self.old_hook = sys.displayhook sys.displayhook = self return self def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback): sys.displayhook = self.old_hook # Returning False will cause exceptions to propagate return False def __call__(self, output): self.output = output def eval_block(code, namespace=None, filename=""): """ Execute a multi-line block of code in the given namespace If the final statement in the code is an expression, return the result of the expression. """ tree = ast.parse(code, filename="", mode="exec") if namespace is None: namespace = {} catch_display = _CatchDisplay() if isinstance(tree.body[-1], ast.Expr): to_exec, to_eval = tree.body[:-1], tree.body[-1:] else: to_exec, to_eval = tree.body, [] for node in to_exec: compiled = compile(ast.Module([node], []), filename=filename, mode="exec") exec(compiled, namespace) with catch_display: for node in to_eval: compiled = compile( ast.Interactive([node]), filename=filename, mode="single" ) exec(compiled, namespace) return catch_display.output