# Function refs in guards

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/function-refs-in-guards/16098>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** guard-clauses, troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 26, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/function-refs-in-guards/16098 "2018-08-26T09:38:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/function-refs-in-guards/16098/10 "2018-08-26T19:07:16Z")

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You could use `Kernel`, but those just forward to the erlang implementations anyways: [elixir/lib/elixir/lib/kernel.ex at 8ca85ed2a82019df1a2acf3238f24a56370464bb · elixir-lang/elixir · GitHub](https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/8ca85ed2a82019df1a2acf3238f24a56370464bb/lib/elixir/lib/kernel.ex#L1154-L1156)

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