# Gc() function no longer exists?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gc-function-no-longer-exists/40310>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gc-function-no-longer-exists/40310 "2020-05-28T02:34:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/gc-function-no-longer-exists/40310/4 "2020-05-28T02:58:11Z")

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This is a great example of why I suggested that help? should include deprecated items.

> [@Help? for deprecated and renamed items](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/help-for-deprecated-and-renamed-items/40307):
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> It would be great if Julia help? would offer suggestions for deprecated and renamed items. Many times I have searched Google and found posted solutions that use functions or keywords that have since been deprecated or renamed. Two that I have encountered just recently are shift! and typealias. But there are many such examples. When you try to get help for shift! for example it only says: Couldn't find shift! Perhaps you meant sort! or circshift! No documentation found. Binding shift! does …

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