# Nested tuples as types?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nested-tuples-as-types/16008>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [October 8, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nested-tuples-as-types/16008 "2018-10-08T05:28:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/raf/32/3383_2.png) [@Raf](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Raf)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nested-tuples-as-types/16008/1 "2018-10-08T05:28:28Z")

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Why is it possible to do:

```julia
Type{(:a, :b)}

```

but not:

```julia
Type{((:a, :b), (:c, :d))}

```

The second case would be very useful.