# Is "include" safe to use inside a function?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-include-safe-to-use-inside-a-function/10867>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [May 13, 2018, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-include-safe-to-use-inside-a-function/10867 "2018-05-13T07:24:18Z")\
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> [@yuyichao](#):
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> They will almost never be freed though

Does this mean that objects whose only bindings are at global scope in a given module are not garbage-collected even if the module itself is “replaced” by a new module with the same name?

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