From c2fa6e5a8cc20b2386b7c6badeb3512247d5842e 2013-01-06 20:53:19
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-01-06 20:53:19
Subject: [PATCH] add `%%px --local` for local execution

So that a cell can be run on engines *as well as* the local namespace.

Prompted by SO Question [14184621](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14184621).

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diff --git a/IPython/parallel/client/magics.py b/IPython/parallel/client/magics.py
index 9e7e22c..65f9701 100644
--- a/IPython/parallel/client/magics.py
+++ b/IPython/parallel/client/magics.py
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ def exec_args(f):
         magic_arguments.argument('-t', '--targets', type=str,
             help="specify the targets on which to execute",
         ),
+        magic_arguments.argument('--local', action="store_const",
+            const=True, dest="local",
+            help="also execute the cell in the local namespace",
+        ),
         magic_arguments.argument('--verbose', action="store_const",
             const=True, dest="set_verbose",
             help="print a message at each execution",
@@ -290,6 +294,8 @@ class ParallelMagics(Magics):
         if args.targets:
             save_targets = self.view.targets
             self.view.targets = self._eval_target_str(args.targets)
+        if args.local:
+            self.shell.run_cell(cell)
         try:
             return self.parallel_execute(cell, block=args.block,
                                 groupby=args.groupby,