# 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 16, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/function-name-conflict-adl-function-merging/10335/38 "2018-04-16T18:56:19Z")

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> [@Jean\_Michel](#):
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> redefine + on integers to mean something else

You can do this.

> [@Jean\_Michel](#):
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> So, what catastrophy would happen if “functions from different packages would be automatically merged”?

Method overwrites for example.

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