Github user felixcheung commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/zeppelin/pull/2502
I like what you propose, but think it might be very confusing for user if
behavior changes depending on whether the variable is in the z context. for
instance, it could be a shared notebook and someone might have set `what` and
that would changes the outcome of the sql query example you have
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