# Compact syntax for combining \`Tuple\` and \`NamedTuple\`: \`(1, 2; x=2, y=3) == ((1, 2), (x=2, y=3))\`

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**Created:** [March 18, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compact-syntax-for-combining-tuple-and-namedtuple-1-2-x-2-y-3-1-2-x-2-y-3/78101 "2022-03-18T18:12:11Z")
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### Author: ![mtfishman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mtfishman/32/30755_2.png) [@mtfishman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mtfishman)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compact-syntax-for-combining-tuple-and-namedtuple-1-2-x-2-y-3-1-2-x-2-y-3/78101/6 "2022-03-18T19:04:57Z")

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> [@simeonschaub](#):
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> There is [GitHub - ararslan/FrankenTuples.jl: Part Tuple, part NamedTuple… it’s alive!](https://github.com/ararslan/FrankenTuples.jl)

Thanks! Exactly what I had in mind. Maybe an intermediate solution would be a macro that turns everything of the form `(1, 2; x=2, y=3)` into a `FrankenTuple` in a code block but of course it would be nicer if the syntax was built-in.

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