In some ways it is similar how IPython evaluates blocks of code. It can be also thought of as an equivalent of the progn function in Lisp. in normal interactive mode an empty line would have to follow ...

Abstract: Embedding hardware design frameworks within Python is a promising technique to improve the productivity of hardware engineers. At the same time, there is significant interest in using ...

I know many other languages use the eval() function to take a string argument and evaluate it as part of the source code (so you can run a function or assign a variable etc). I've seen it in PHP, ...