# Some questions on \`startup.jl\`

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**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [June 2, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/some-questions-on-startup-jl/99752 "2023-06-02T04:00:35Z")\
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1. Because it can fail, e.g. if the package is not actually installed.
2. Because all the code between `do ... end` is an anonymous function, and [it is not possible to import modules in a function’s scope](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-wont-julia-let-me-put-a-module-import-within-a-function/46504/4). So this is one of those rare cases where it makes sense to use `@eval` inside a function, so that the instruction is executed in the outer scope.

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