# Syntax error on function call operator overload

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syntax-error-on-function-call-operator-overload/17754>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [November 19, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syntax-error-on-function-call-operator-overload/17754 "2018-11-19T20:39:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![ndbecker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ndbecker/32/10829_2.png) [@ndbecker](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ndbecker)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syntax-error-on-function-call-operator-overload/17754/1 "2018-11-19T20:39:03Z")

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I don’t see why I’m getting a syntax error on the following - to me it looks exactly like “function-like objects” section of Julia manual (v 1.0.2)

```julia
struct LDPC_Encoder
    Ksys::Int64
    K::Int64
    H_matrix::Array
    Zc::Int64
    BG2_sh::Array
    Npar::Int64
    LDPC_Encoder(Ksys::Int64, K::Int64, H_matrix::Array, Zc::Int64, BG2_sh::Array, Npar::Int64) = new(Ksys, K, H_matrix, Zc, BG2_sh, Npar)
end

function (enc::LPDC_Encoder)(c::Vector{Int64})
    in_pad = vcat(c, zeros(Int64, enc.Ksys - enc.K))# //Information + Filler bits (as specified by Rel 15)
    ldpc_encoder_out = LdpcNREncode(in_pad, enc.H_matrix, enc.Zc, enc.BG2_sh, enc.K, enc.Ksys)
    println("encout:", ldpc_encoder_out)
    enc_output = RateMatchNR(ldpc_encoder_out, enc.Npar)
    return enc_output
end

```

```julia
julia> include("/home/nbecker/scma-ofdm-nr/ldpc_nr3.jl")
ERROR: LoadError: function type in method definition is not a type
Stacktrace:
 [1] top-level scope at none:0
 [2] include(::String) at ./client.jl:388
 [3] top-level scope at none:0
in expression starting at /home/nbecker/scma-ofdm-nr/ldpc_nr3.jl:203

```

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syntax-error-on-function-call-operator-overload/17754/2 "2018-11-19T20:44:08Z")

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```julia
… LDPC_Encoder … 
… LPDC_Encoder …

```

Those aren’t the same name.