# discussion around hashbehaviour=merge and variables

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/discussion-around-hashbehaviour-merge-and-variables/34216>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/discussion-around-hashbehaviour-merge-and-variables/34216 "2020-11-20T12:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raffaello\_Bertini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90ced4/32.png) [@Raffaello\_Bertini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Raffaello_Bertini)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/discussion-around-hashbehaviour-merge-and-variables/34216/1 "2020-11-20T12:44:16Z")

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Hi,

i would like to continue some discussion around this issue reported on GitHub:  
[https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72646](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72646)

I was thinking about in some complex ansible codes (many roles),  
that variables structured inside roles make sense to be sort of namespaced,  
like for example grouping them in a root role variable as same for the role: