# Evaluation in calling scope?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/evaluation-in-calling-scope/34897>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/evaluation-in-calling-scope/34897 "2020-02-20T11:15:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/evaluation-in-calling-scope/34897/21 "2020-02-21T15:14:46Z")

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> [@tomtom](#):
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> but I heard that `Base.invokelatest()` is slow.

It is fast enough compared to:

> [@tomtom](#):
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> I’m trying to build a model that composed of a lot of sub-models (something like a deep learning network).

For

> [@tomtom](#):
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> Could I do like this:

the answer is no.

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**Author:** ![KZiemian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kziemian/32/9020_2.png) [@KZiemian](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/KZiemian)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/evaluation-in-calling-scope/34897/22 "2020-12-01T01:31:41Z")

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Can I ask, did you solve your main problem?

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**Author:** ![tomtom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tomtom/32/5106_2.png) [@tomtom](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomtom)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/evaluation-in-calling-scope/34897/23 "2020-12-01T04:51:27Z")

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yes I did I think. It was solved on Feb 21 above (I’ve just marked it as a “solution”).

The essence of “my” method is to turn an expression into a function. As a result the function could be called (locally) anywhere.

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