# Function Definition Precedence
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-definition-precedence/26057
**Category:** New to Julia
**Created:** [July 5, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-definition-precedence/26057 "2019-07-05T20:50:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@stene](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stene)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-definition-precedence/26057/1 "2019-07-05T20:50:45Z")
How do function definition precedence work?
```julia
julia> function f()
begin
try
return 1
finally
return 2
end
end
end
f (generic function with 2 methods)
julia> f()
2
julia> function f(x::Any = "test")
begin
try
return 3
finally
return 4
end
end
end
f (generic function with 2 methods)
**julia>** f()
4
julia> function f()
begin
try
return 1
finally
return 2
end
end
end
f (generic function with 2 methods)
julia> f()
2
```
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### Author:  [@JeffreySarnoff](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/JeffreySarnoff)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-definition-precedence/26057/2 "2019-07-05T21:04:22Z")
this may help [Essentials · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1.2-dev/base/base/#try)
`finally` is always run, even with `return` in the `try` part.
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### Author:  [@pixel27](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pixel27)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-definition-precedence/26057/3 "2019-07-06T21:53:04Z")
When you define:
```julia
function f(x::Any = "test")
begin
try
return 3
finally
return 4
end
end
end
```
It actually defines 2 methods, one that takes an argument and one that doesn’t:
```julia
julia> methods(f)
# 2 methods for generic function "f":
[1] f() in Main at none:2
[2] f(x) in Main at none:2
```
So when you define f() again it overwrites the f method that takes no parameters.