# Creating the instance of a function type

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-the-instance-of-a-function-type/122355
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** functions
**Created:** [November 6, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-the-instance-of-a-function-type/122355 "2024-11-06T20:25:48Z")
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### Author: ![stevengj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevengj/32/71_2.png) [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-the-instance-of-a-function-type/122355/12 "2024-11-06T23:35:02Z")

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> [@mbauman](#):
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> What’s a “standard Julia function?” I’m not sure I know.

Probably they mean a global function that you define with `function foo(...) ....` or equivalent, which is a singleton subtype of `Function`.

See also this thread: [How to get a function instance from a function type? - #2 by Mason](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-get-a-function-instance-from-a-function-type/79585/2) or this thread: [Instantiating function from type? - #4 by nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/instantiating-function-from-type/107532/4)

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