# Way to make SharedArray over fixed length Strings?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/way-to-make-sharedarray-over-fixed-length-strings/7082>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [November 15, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/way-to-make-sharedarray-over-fixed-length-strings/7082 "2017-11-15T04:29:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/way-to-make-sharedarray-over-fixed-length-strings/7082/10 "2017-11-17T00:48:20Z")

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> [@sdanisch](#):
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> In general, I recommend to just extend the existing package with more functionality - especially when both packages are still that small!

I wholeheartedly agree with this. There was just no way to find your code?

It seems like you only came forward because of Cunningham’s Law:

> “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”

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What do you think the best route is moving forward?

I just don’t really like writing pointless code and wasting time.

// and from [ANN: HigherPrecision](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-higherprecision/6956) and [Pruning and quality control for the package ecosystem](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pruning-and-quality-control-for-the-package-ecosystem/7021), it seems like this kind of thing is happening all the time to Julians ☹

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