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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def render_source(self, source, variables=None):
 """ Render a source with the passed variables. """

        if variables is None:
            variables = {}
        template = self._engine.from_string(source)
        return template.render(**variables)