# Why there is no OOP (object oriented programming) in Julia?

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**Created:** [September 3, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-there-is-no-oop-object-oriented-programming-in-julia/86723 "2022-09-03T10:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![LaurentPlagne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/laurentplagne/32/10103_2.png) [@LaurentPlagne](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/LaurentPlagne)\
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A practical advantage of single dispatch is the ability to discover an object’s `o` methods by typing `o.` plus `tab` in modern IDEs. I imagine that the same could be achieved for Julia via the vscode extension if the same keyboard trick (`o.` + tab) could show the result of `methodswith` as a standard OOP method list. Once a given method is selected, fetch the Julia method call with the `o` argument at the proper position (since o is not necessarily in first position).

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