# Why begin/end instead of { } for block delimiter

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-begin-end-instead-of-for-block-delimiter/89735>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-begin-end-instead-of-for-block-delimiter/89735 "2022-11-03T20:25:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![jar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jar1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jar1)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-begin-end-instead-of-for-block-delimiter/89735/14 "2022-11-04T04:31:43Z")

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I suspect block delimiter is the best possible meaning. `()` is so overloaded as to be unusable and `@mymacro {}` is so concise and flexible that any desired meaning would fit well in that format.

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