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

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**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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`{}` is used for types.

Also `end` can end any of `let`, `for`, `while`, `if`, `function`, `struct`, `module` etc. so it means an opening `{` can be skipped. After all, it’s just `for ... end`, not `for begin ... end`

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