How do I create a macro, using Bottle's SimpleTemplate engine, that will be available in several templates?

I need to format a link in certain places of my Bottle application. Previously all of the links were in one SimpleTemplate file, and I defined a macro that looks like this:

%def mylink(obj):
    <a class="mylink" href="{{ get_url('view', id=obj.id) }}">{{ obj.title }}</a>
%end

Wherever I needed to format a link to an obj, I used:

%mylink(some_obj)

Now I need to use format such links in several templates. I moved the template definition to a separate file called macros.html, then tried %includeing this file into the templates where I need the macro:

<!-- macros.html -->
%def mylink(obj):
    <a class="mylink" href="{{ get_url('view', id=obj.id) }}">{{ obj.title }}</a>
%end

<!-- somepage.html -->
%include macros
...
%mylink(some_obj)
...

However, Bottle cannot resolve the name mylink in such a layout.

I understand I can do this:

<!-- mylink.html -->
<a class="mylink" href="{{ get_url('view', id=obj.id) }}">{{ obj.title }}</a>

<!-- somepage.html -->
...
%include mylink obj=some_obj
...

However, I'm reluctant to do this, as I feel this isn't very fast (I have many links to format on any given page).

Am I miss开发者_StackOverflow中文版ing some other options?

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The %include statement renderes the included template immediately.

Myby you can solve this using the %rebase command, putting your macro into the base template.