# Deferred-shape arrays

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/deferred-shape-arrays/48177>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
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**Created:** [October 11, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/deferred-shape-arrays/48177 "2020-10-11T19:58:08Z")\
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I am not sure why you need this in Julia, which does not require that you declare variables.

Please provide an MWE with some context to clarify.

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