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authorchriseth <chris@ethereum.org>2018-05-16 16:21:33 +0800
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-05-16 16:21:33 +0800
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Merge pull request #4101 from mesqueeb/patch-2
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Abstract contracts decouple the definition of a contract from its implementation providing better extensibility and self-documentation and
facilitating patterns like the `Template method <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_method_pattern>`_ and removing code duplication.
+Abstract contracts are useful in the same way that defining methods in an interface is useful. It is a way for the designer of the abstract contract to say "any child of mine must implement this method".
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.. index:: ! contract;interface, ! interface contract