Only trigger async loop runner when needed. Allows running files that

call async loops synchronously on their own.
https://github.com/ipython/ipython/pull/11265

Handle early return conditions from coro

IPython/core/interactiveshell.py

@@ -2808,14 +2808,24 b' class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):'
 
     def _run_cell(self, raw_cell, store_history, silent, shell_futures):
         """Internal method to run a complete IPython cell."""
-        return self.loop_runner(
-            self.run_cell_async(
+        coro = self.run_cell_async(
                 raw_cell,
                 store_history=store_history,
                 silent=silent,
                 shell_futures=shell_futures,
             )
-        )
+
+        try:
+            interactivity = coro.send(None)
+        except StopIteration as exc:
+            return exc.value
+
+        if isinstance(interactivity, ExecutionResult):
+            return interactivity
+
+        if interactivity == 'async':
+            return self.loop_runner(coro)
+        return _pseudo_sync_runner(coro)
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def run_cell_async(self, raw_cell:str, store_history=False, silent=False, shell_futures=True) -> ExecutionResult:
@@ -2965,6 +2975,9 b' class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable):'
                 interactivity = "none" if silent else self.ast_node_interactivity
                 if _run_async:
                     interactivity = 'async'
+                # yield interactivity so let run_cell decide whether to use
+                # an async loop_runner
+                yield interactivity
                 has_raised = yield from self.run_ast_nodes(code_ast.body, cell_name,
                        interactivity=interactivity, compiler=compiler, result=result)