# Global scope: the meaning of the first-hit rule

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/global-scope-the-meaning-of-the-first-hit-rule/24845>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [June 2, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/global-scope-the-meaning-of-the-first-hit-rule/24845 "2019-06-02T03:08:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![peter.derijk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/peter.derijk/32/8770_2.png) [@peter.derijk](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/peter.derijk)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/global-scope-the-meaning-of-the-first-hit-rule/24845/4 "2019-06-02T14:41:57Z")

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The clamor about the 1.0 global scope died down because a solution was being proposed/worked on, not because the problem went away (see also e.g. recent post [Use of variable in Julia REPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/use-of-variable-in-julia-repl/24843)). People understand that a solution takes time, and in the meanwhile softglobalscope can be used as a stopgap solution for the most interactive uses (default in IJulia, use in the REPL should be easier or even default IMO)

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