# @edit on stdlib functions opens an empty file

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-on-stdlib-functions-opens-an-empty-file/13999>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [August 24, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-on-stdlib-functions-opens-an-empty-file/13999 "2018-08-24T14:10:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![stefanocampanella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefanocampanella/32/3038_2.png) [@stefanocampanella](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stefanocampanella)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-on-stdlib-functions-opens-an-empty-file/13999/1 "2018-08-24T14:10:03Z")

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Hi everyone!

I was playing with Julia 1.0.0 (my own build on ArchLinux), when I noticed that the `@edit` macro opens an empty file when evaluated functions of the standard library (ex. from `LinearAlgebra`), but works fine with functions from other packages. Indeed, it tries to open a file with the (non-existing) absolute path `/stdlib/v1.0/SomeLibrary/src/SomeFile.jl`.

Is this behaviour related to something I did wrong in the build/installation process or is it an actual issue?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-on-stdlib-functions-opens-an-empty-file/13999/2 "2018-08-24T14:15:03Z")

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Probably same issue as [https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/28052](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/28052)

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**Author:** ![stefanocampanella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stefanocampanella/32/3038_2.png) [@stefanocampanella](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stefanocampanella)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/edit-on-stdlib-functions-opens-an-empty-file/13999/3 "2018-08-24T14:18:22Z")

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That seems to be the case. Thanks!