Why does macro hygiene not prevent collisions between multiple const definitions?

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I thought "hygiene" would prevent collisions between Xs defined within my macro m! but that turned out not to be the case. What am I misunderstanding?

macro_rules! m {
    ($e:expr) => {
        const X: i32 = $e;
    };
}

m!(0);
m!(1);

fn main() {
    m!(2);
    m!(3);
}

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Error message:

error[E0428]: the name `X` is defined multiple times
 --> src/main.rs:3:9
  |
3 |         const X: i32 = $e;
  |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  |         |
  |         `X` redefined here
  |         previous definition of the value `X` here
...
7 | m!(0);
  | ------ in this macro invocation
  |
  = note: `X` must be defined only once in the value namespace of this module
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