code: def run_steps(spec, language="en"):
      
  
      # The way this works is a little exotic, but I couldn't think of a better way to work around
      # the fact that this has to be a global function and therefore cannot know about which step
      # runner to use (other than making step runner global)
      
      # Find the step runner that is currently running and use it to run the given steps
      fr = inspect.currentframe()
      while fr:
          if "self" in fr.f_locals:
              f_self = fr.f_locals['self']
              if isinstance(f_self, StepsRunner):
                  return f_self.run_steps_from_string(spec, language)
          fr = fr.f_back
docs: Can be called by the user from within a step definition to execute other steps.