%runcell can not edit locals

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Problem Description

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. debug this code with a breakpoint on line 3:

def fun():
    rr = 1
    aa = 2
fun()
#%%
rr = 3
print(rr)

IPdb [1]: rr
Out  [1]: 1

IPdb [2]: rr = 2

IPdb [3]: rr
Out  [3]: 2

IPdb [4]: %runcell -i 1
3

IPdb [5]: rr
Out  [5]: 2

IPdb [6]: 

runcell failed to modify the value of rr!

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