From @gandhis1 on February 8, 2017 21:33

Steps:

1. Open a terminal. Type in "ipython" to use the interactive console. Start programming.
2. In an open file, run the command "Run Python File in Terminal".
3. Command attempts to execute in the running IPython console. This does not work.

Copied from original issue: DonJayamanne/pythonVSCode#723