# Module names in module namespaces

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/module-names-in-module-namespaces/127365>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [March 26, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/module-names-in-module-namespaces/127365 "2025-03-26T04:24:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rmfritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@rmfritz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rmfritz)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/module-names-in-module-namespaces/127365/1 "2025-03-26T04:24:02Z")

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Do I grasp correctly that a module’s name is contained in its own namespace?

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**Author:** ![odow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/odow/32/28685_2.png) [@odow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/odow)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/module-names-in-module-namespaces/127365/2 "2025-03-26T06:57:21Z")

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Yes:

```julia
julia> module Foo end
Main.Foo

julia> Foo
Main.Foo

julia> Foo.Foo
Main.Foo

julia> Foo.Foo === Foo
true

```

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**Author:** ![rmfritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@rmfritz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rmfritz)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/module-names-in-module-namespaces/127365/3 "2025-03-26T07:13:47Z")

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Thank you. I am creating a submodule, and it turned out to be important.