# What is the use case for ScopedValues?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-use-case-for-scopedvalues/116390>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** scopedvalues\
**Created:** [June 29, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-use-case-for-scopedvalues/116390 "2024-06-29T14:25:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrufsvold](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mrufsvold/32/31600_2.png) [@mrufsvold](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mrufsvold)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-use-case-for-scopedvalues/116390/1 "2024-06-29T14:25:30Z")

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I did some googling about ScopedValues, and generally understand that they are useful for threaded applications, but I’m still not tracking their value against just passing a value as an argument.

Could someone give me a tl;Dr?

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**Author:** ![GunnarFarneback](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gunnarfarneback/32/1827_2.png) [@GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/GunnarFarneback)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-use-case-for-scopedvalues/116390/2 "2024-06-29T14:31:29Z")

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You can find a very similar question here: [What is the use of ScopedValues beyond web authorization?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-is-the-use-of-scopedvalues-beyond-web-authorization/116162).