# (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
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**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: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/on-hold-if-you-have-a-function-called-main-you-may-need-to-tweak-it/103519/17 "2023-09-05T08:26:16Z")

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> [@digital\_carver](#):
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> Either this Discourse thread or a new thread split away from this would be a better place for the “is this breaking and how do we mitigate that” discussion.

I started one with a proposal.

> [@RFC: give up on SemVer](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/rfc-give-up-on-semver/103536):
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> I am opening a new topic because I do not want to sidetrack [the one about main()](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-1-11-if-you-have-a-function-called-main-you-may-need-to-tweak-it/103519). This is just the latest of “minor breaking changes” that are technically breaking, yet practically harmless and easy to deal with. [SemVer](https://semver.org/) has become a de facto standard for standardize software versioning, especially in FOSS. It is widely understood, practical, detailed. It is just perfect for packages and libraries. What I am arguing here is that it is not well-suited to a complex interactive language like Julia.…

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