regarding the possible bug with python-shell-send-defun, it seems to *only*
occurs if the python function starts on the very first line of the file.
Otherwise, python-shell-send-defun works perfectly.

On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 4:05 PM, David Liu <daveliu@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

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> 1. create new file "test.py" with following:
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> def f(x):
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> 2. C-c C-p to run-python
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> 3. place point immediately after "return x+1"
>
> 4. C-M-x for python-shell-send-defun
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> result:
>
>     SyntaxError: 'return' outside function
>
> it appears that only one line is being sent, instead of both lines.
>
>
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