# Import/using double dot in IntervalArithmetic?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-using-double-dot-in-intervalarithmetic/85677
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [August 12, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-using-double-dot-in-intervalarithmetic/85677 "2022-08-12T20:42:21Z")
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### Author: ![Egwene\_al\_Vere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df788c/32.png) [@Egwene\_al\_Vere](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Egwene_al_Vere)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-using-double-dot-in-intervalarithmetic/85677/1 "2022-08-12T20:42:21Z")

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My code currently uses both Makie/CairoMakie and the IntervalArithmetic package, and I used the `a..b` quite a lot in the calculation part of the code to define intervals. Problem is, on a fresh start of julia,

```julia
using CairoMakie
using IntervalArithmetic
r = 0..10

```

does not work due to

```julia
WARNING: both CairoMakie and IntervalArithmetic export ".."; uses of it in module Main must be qualified

```

moreover,

```julia
using IntervalArithmetic: ..

```

also fails with a `syntax: incomplete: premature end of input` error. While I could use some regex to replace all `foo = a..b` to `foo = interval(a,b)`, is there a way to import the double dot of the IntervalArithmetic package into main? Thanks!

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### Author: ![Egwene\_al\_Vere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df788c/32.png) [@Egwene\_al\_Vere](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Egwene_al_Vere)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-using-double-dot-in-intervalarithmetic/85677/2 "2022-08-12T22:54:22Z")

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Looks like one may use parenthesis, e.g. `using IntervalArithmetic: (..)`

ref: [src](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Makie.jl/blob/a19bb7d10a849c862293622256f3e2fb88635a44/src/Makie.jl#L52)