# Difference between jl\_get\_binding and jl\_module\_globalref

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-between-jl-get-binding-and-jl-module-globalref/23134>\
**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [April 14, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-between-jl-get-binding-and-jl-module-globalref/23134 "2019-04-14T11:05:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difference-between-jl-get-binding-and-jl-module-globalref/23134/1 "2019-04-14T11:05:59Z")

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Hello, I am again a little lost in the masses of the Julia source code.

I have found the functions `jl_get_binding` and `jl_module_globalref` and I am a little confused about their difference. The latter does not return a binding, but a value. How can that be a reference, then? If it is not, then how does it differ from `jl_get_global`?

Thanks for the help!