# Why no Float type alias?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-no-float-type-alias/87947>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, type\
**Created:** [September 28, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-no-float-type-alias/87947 "2022-09-28T19:20:23Z")\
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> [@\`Float\` type like \`Int\` type](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/float-type-like-int-type/1164):
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> I find myself always writing a type alias for floating points in order to make my package neutral to machine word size: typealias Float Float64 Why there is no definition like Int that becomes Int64 or Int32 depending on the host machine? Could you please explain the rationale for this?

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