workaround for pasting code with empty lines?

[jmhodges]

Code like

def foobar():
    okay = "foo"

    return okay

will fail to parse when pasted in starlark. Understandable! The python repl does the same. However, there are some workarounds in Python-land (and I believe that ipython does some extra hacks around Ctrl-V to put all of the paste buffer down as one code block). Are there any equivalent workarounds in starlark?

(I'm asking in a public place so that other folks might find this convo)