# Function inside function is not defined?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 2, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-inside-function-is-not-defined/56297 "2021-03-02T01:53:55Z")\
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> [@Confused by behaviour of nested functions](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/confused-by-behaviour-of-nested-functions/20576/2):
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> Don’t define functions conditionally inside other functions: [disallow methods of local functions in different blocks · Issue #15602 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/15602).

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