How to configure interactive python to allow blank lines inside methods

Question

Is it possible to test methods inside interactive python and retain blank lines within them?

def f1():
  import random
  import time

  time.sleep(random.randint(1, 4))

This gives the familiar error

IndentationError: unexpected indent

So, yes a workaround is to remove all blank lines inside functions. I'd like to know if that were truly mandatory to be able to run in interactive mode/REPL.

thanks

Answer 1

Might not be much help, but it works if the blank lines are indented. Dots shown for clarity:

def f1():
....import random
....import time
....
....time.sleep(random.randint(1, 4))