# When to use tuples?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-to-use-tuples/18675>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [December 14, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/when-to-use-tuples/18675 "2018-12-14T23:30:16Z")\
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Built-in types are not that special in Julia, and there is no reason to prefer them. In fact, clever punning and implied mappings to and from built-in types can look very attractive initially but can easily lead to confusing interfaces. Also, with multiple dispatch, method ambiguities.

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