1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index d063837..d555c53f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import re
 import stat
 import sys
 import sysconfig
+import textwrap
 import time
 import types
 import unittest
@@ -619,6 +620,14 @@ def sortdict(dict):
     withcommas = ", ".join(reprpairs)
     return "{%s}" % withcommas
 
+
+def run_code(code: str) -> dict[str, object]:
+    """Run a piece of code after dedenting it, and return its global namespace."""
+    ns = {}
+    exec(textwrap.dedent(code), ns)
+    return ns
+
+
 def check_syntax_error(testcase, statement, errtext='', *, lineno=None, offset=None):
     with testcase.assertRaisesRegex(SyntaxError, errtext) as cm:
         compile(statement, '<test string>', 'exec')