# (on hold): If you have a function called \`main\`, you may need to tweak it

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-hold-if-you-have-a-function-called-main-you-may-need-to-tweak-it/103519>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 4, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-hold-if-you-have-a-function-called-main-you-may-need-to-tweak-it/103519 "2023-09-04T21:27:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![fingolfin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fingolfin/32/6033_2.png) [@fingolfin](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fingolfin)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-hold-if-you-have-a-function-called-main-you-may-need-to-tweak-it/103519/15 "2023-09-05T08:02:21Z")

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There is a gigantic thread [What steps should the Julia community take to bring Julia to the next level of popularity?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-steps-should-the-julia-community-take-to-bring-julia-to-the-next-level-of-popularity/101389) elsewhere.

My reply would be: Don’t casually break user code here when there are fine alternatives (such as using ` __main__ ` instead of `main`).

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