# Write method for object

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/write-method-for-object/62915>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/write-method-for-object/62915 "2021-06-14T21:46:44Z")\
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Yeah, I agree that explicitly throwing a `MethodError` is unhelpful, precisely because it creates confusing messages just like this. This is the same problem that `replace` has, and it’s also confusing: [Cannot find overloaded method - #7 by GunnarFarneback](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cannot-find-overloaded-method/48633/7)

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