# Conflicting import of function with different signatures from multiple modules

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**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/conflicting-import-of-function-with-different-signatures-from-multiple-modules/21110 "2019-02-23T13:48:20Z")\
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They are different functions, so you cannot “merge” them. This has been discussed [at length](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-name-conflict-adl-function-merging/10335).

You can either

1. define `TestFcn` in `TypeDef`, and have both `Mod1` and `Mod2` import it (which I guess is what you want),
2. `import Mod1` and use `Mod1.TestFcn`, or not export it and do the same.

Also, note that most people use lowercase function names in Julia.

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