# Base.div vs Html.div - specialize or not?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/base-div-vs-html-div-specialize-or-not/47776 "2020-10-05T09:35:36Z")\
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> [@Jean\_Michel](#):
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> I disagree with the viewpoint " `div` does division so it should never be used for another purpose".

You are of course free to use `div` to mean whatever you want in your own package but if you extend `Base.div` it should mean the same. Otherwise, you have no idea what generic code means because you don’t have concrete types available at that point. Maybe you forgot [Function name conflict: ADL / function merging?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-name-conflict-adl-function-merging/10335) where this was explained in detail.

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