# Function name conflict: ADL / function merging?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-name-conflict-adl-function-merging/10335>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** proposal, namespaces\
**Created:** [April 14, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-name-conflict-adl-function-merging/10335 "2018-04-14T17:16:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-name-conflict-adl-function-merging/10335/205 "2018-04-20T21:20:00Z")

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I am not sure… The ADL rules for generic types in C++ can get tricky, and I am out of practice. Also, C++ doesn’t have `Any`, which Julia does, and which might either make the rules more sane or more insane. Regardless, we are not saying that C++'s ADL approach is exactly the right one or directly transferable.

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