Is it possible to pass variable arguments to the include tag in Mako?

arguments, function, include, mako

Solution

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In A.mak:

<%include 
    file="/components/B.mak" 
    args="lItems=some_other_variable, foo='moooo'"
    />

In B.mak:

<%page args="lItems, foo"/>
%for dItem in lItems:
    ${foo}
%endfor

Problem

I have a mako template A that includes mako template B more than once. Mako template B expects certain arguments and I need to set them to different values on include. In A.mak: ``` <%include file="/components/B.mak" args="lItems=some_variable, foo='bar'" /> <%include file="/components/B.mak" args="lItems=some_other_variable, foo='moooo'" /> ``` In B.mak: ``` <%page args="lItems, foo"/> %for dItem in lItems: etc ``` Is this sort of thing even possible? I know it will work if I set lItems to 'some_value' and 'some_other_value' (ie: strings coded directly into A.mak) but I want to render A.mak with `some_variable = [some,craze,list]` and `some_other_variable = [some,other,craze,list]`. The code above gives me the error: ``` File ".../mako/runtime.py", line 202, in __str__ raise NameError("Undefined") NameError: Undefined ``` I also tried doing the includes like so: ``` <%include file="/components/B.mak" args="lItems=${some_other_variable}, foo='moooo'" /> ``` but that's a syntax error... I tried it using a def also: ``` ${the_B_def(foo='bar',lItems=some_variable)} ``` and got `NameError: Undefined`. So my question is: How can I pass variables to templates 'within' a template?

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