# Error with \`show\` for abbreviated type printing

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-with-show-for-abbreviated-type-printing/62190>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-with-show-for-abbreviated-type-printing/62190 "2021-06-01T13:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomerarnon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tomerarnon/32/3170_2.png) [@tomerarnon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomerarnon)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/error-with-show-for-abbreviated-type-printing/62190/4 "2021-06-02T08:56:17Z")

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It is generally recommended not to overload `show` for Types. E.g. [https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22363#issuecomment-799984810](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22363#issuecomment-799984810) and [These stack traces are out of control - #5 by cstjean](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/these-stack-traces-are-out-of-control/47162/5)  
There has been discussion about how to handle this though (such as the discourse thread above). For now, there doesn’t seem to be a satisfying solution.

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