# Allowing the object.method(args...) syntax as an alias for method(object, args ...)

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allowing-the-object-method-args-syntax-as-an-alias-for-method-object-args/62051>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** question, design\
**Created:** [May 29, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allowing-the-object-method-args-syntax-as-an-alias-for-method-object-args/62051 "2021-05-29T17:09:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 5:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/allowing-the-object-method-args-syntax-as-an-alias-for-method-object-args/62051/23 "2021-05-30T05:22:42Z")

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> [@Sukera](#):
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> The problem of course is that you lose some sense of what each combination of arguments actually does. Moreover, you can’t distinguish between two methods with the same number of arguments and the same types of arguments but different behaviour this way.

This is what I was referring to when I mentioned “only one method”. I should have been more specific.

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