# Consider adding splat and slurp functions

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/consider-adding-splat-and-slurp-functions/34606>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/consider-adding-splat-and-slurp-functions/34606 "2020-02-13T22:52:44Z")\
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> [@bkamins](#):
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> The question is if such addition to Base could be considered.

Recently added under the name `unsplat`: [Base: add `unsplat(f)`, the semantic inverse of `splat` - Pull Request #62714 - JuliaLang/julia - GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/62714)

See also the discussion in [Does Base.splat have an inverse?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/does-base-splat-have-an-inverse/138772)

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