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<p>Just like Python, names that exist outside the inner <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;%def&gt;</span></code>
exist inside it as well:</p>
<div class="highlight-mako notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="cp">&lt;%</span>
    <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">12</span>
<span class="cp">%&gt;</span><span class="x"></span>
<span class="cp">&lt;%</span><span class="nb">def</span> <spa