# Why \`eye\` has been deprecated?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-eye-has-been-deprecated/12824
**Category:** Internals & Design
**Created:** [August 2, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-eye-has-been-deprecated/12824 "2018-08-02T14:12:13Z")
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#### Post date: [August 2, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-eye-has-been-deprecated/12824/9 "2018-08-02T15:09:44Z")

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> [@Per](#):
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> One thing that I do not like about `I` is that it is not an `AbstractMatrix` , but is considered a scalar for broadcasting purpouses.

That’s slated to be fixed; it’s just gotta be deprecated first.

One rationale here is simply that the name `eye` is pretty bad. It’s a literal pun that depends upon knowledge of the English pronunciation of both `eye` and `I` and the ability to connect them.

Julia is not MATLAB — there’s a [MatlabCompat](https://github.com/MatlabCompat/MatlabCompat.jl) package that would make for a nice place for these kinds of simple aliases.

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