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| author | Raghav Dua <duaraghav8@gmail.com> | 2018-01-24 01:53:18 +0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-01-24 01:53:18 +0800 |
| commit | 18539e53530c812790fbb396a5e5ca5806efb6ba (patch) | |
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Abstract Contracts: Add note about function type
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diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst index 273ea43a..69d47fef 100644 --- a/docs/contracts.rst +++ b/docs/contracts.rst @@ -1053,6 +1053,19 @@ but they can be used as base contracts:: If a contract inherits from an abstract contract and does not implement all non-implemented functions by overriding, it will itself be abstract. +Note that an abstract function is different from a :ref:`Function Type <function-types>` even though their syntax looks very similar. + +Example of Abstract function (a function declaration) +:: + + function foo(address) external returns (address); + +Example of a Function Type (a variable declaration, where the variable is of type ``function``) +:: + + function(address) external returns (address) foo; + + .. index:: ! contract;interface, ! interface contract ********** |