How to access JS variables defined in a QtWebEnginePage.runJavaScript call from the HTML document <script> tag?

I'm trying to add to a PyQt5 application a QtWebEngineView widget. This widget must load the following very simple SVG:

<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
    <circle cx="50" cy="100" r="50" fill="red" />
    <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[
        alert("bar")
        mynamespace.myfunction();
    ]]></script>
</svg>

But obviously, I need to define mynamespace beforehand, so I'm trying the following in my widget constructor:

class MyWebPageView(QtWebEngineView):

    def __init__(svg,*args,**kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args,**kwargs)
        
        self.page().runJavaScript(
            """
            alert("foo");
            const mynamespace = { myfunction: function() { alert("success");}};
            """)
        time.sleep(3) #to be sure this is not a timing issue
        self.load(QUrl("file:///path/to/svg.svg"))

I see the "foo" alert, then the "bar" alert. The red circle is properly drawn, but the "success" alert never shows, and I get the following error message:

js: Uncaught ReferenceError: mynamespace is not defined

What have I done wrong?