# Putting Threads.@threads or any macro in an if statement

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**Created:** [June 14, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/putting-threads-threads-or-any-macro-in-an-if-statement/41406 "2020-06-14T20:57:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/michael_wang/32/8535_2.png) [@Michael\_Wang](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Michael_Wang)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/putting-threads-threads-or-any-macro-in-an-if-statement/41406/9 "2020-06-15T17:33:45Z")

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I tried it without my macro (the one that specifies a Bool) and only used the first one you wrote. It works, so is there a point for me to include mine then? I guess if I use the first one, I should probably put a check somewhere that returns an error if a Bool isn’t put in. Thanks for the help!

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