# Why "using" instead of "use"?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-using-instead-of-use/7401>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [November 30, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-using-instead-of-use/7401 "2017-11-30T05:07:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![PetrKryslUCSD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/petrkryslucsd/32/215825_2.png) [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-using-instead-of-use/7401/7 "2017-12-02T17:58:31Z")

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What you say is quite meaningful, thanks for the explanation.

By the way, I wonder what you think of the explicit export from modules ([Is an explicit "export" a good thing? - #35 by PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-an-explicit-export-a-good-thing/7446/35))?

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