# Proper way of organizing code into subpackages

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/proper-way-of-organizing-code-into-subpackages/52835>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** packages, code-organization\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/proper-way-of-organizing-code-into-subpackages/52835 "2021-01-04T17:34:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/proper-way-of-organizing-code-into-subpackages/52835/42 "2022-08-22T20:37:18Z")

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> [@patrick-kidger](#):
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> Adding methods to a function defined somewhere else is _mutating global state_, and this is a Bad Thing.
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> If I could, I would have this be prohibited by the compiler.

Are you proposing that the compiler disallow multiple dispatch?

> [@patrick-kidger](#):
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> It is completely possible to use Python-style `from pkg import foo`, as the success of [FromFile](https://github.com/Roger-luo/FromFile.jl) has demonstrated.

Unfortunately, I don’t think FromFile really achieves the dependency management that you want it to achieve. I’m away from my computer, so I’ll just link to two old comments, [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/implicitly-loaded-modules-in-the-future/62646/265) and [here](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/implicitly-loaded-modules-in-the-future/62646/266), that explain why I think `@from` doesn’t provide real dependency management.

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