# Distinguishing macros of the same name

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distinguishing-macros-of-the-same-name/68905>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** macros\
**Created:** [September 29, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distinguishing-macros-of-the-same-name/68905 "2021-09-29T06:37:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mastomaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Mastomaki](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Mastomaki)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distinguishing-macros-of-the-same-name/68905/1 "2021-09-29T06:37:15Z")

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Both JuMP and Julia Symbolics define @variables macro. How can I distinguish them? For example jump.@variables?

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**Author:** ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/distinguishing-macros-of-the-same-name/68905/2 "2021-09-29T06:53:00Z")

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You can always be explicit and distinguish between them by using `JuMP.@variables` and `Symbolics.@variables`.