# Difficulties with promoting numbers

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difficulties-with-promoting-numbers/11009>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [May 19, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difficulties-with-promoting-numbers/11009 "2018-05-19T02:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisRackauckas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chrisrackauckas/32/77_2.png) [@ChrisRackauckas](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ChrisRackauckas)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/difficulties-with-promoting-numbers/11009/6 "2018-05-19T13:26:29Z")

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> [@"Meaning", type-piracy, and method merging](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/meaning-type-piracy-and-method-merging/11003/21):
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> The problem is that I used X, which has MyPackage as a dependency, as well as Y, which has YourPackage as a dependency. I never cared about MyPackage or YourPackage.

This is still local. The fact that bad promotion code can exist is an entirely separate issue from type-piracy and not really relevant.

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