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diff --git a/docs/abi-spec.rst b/docs/abi-spec.rst index e4f8ed4f..9c5bddd5 100644 --- a/docs/abi-spec.rst +++ b/docs/abi-spec.rst @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Application Binary Interface Specification Basic Design ============ -The Application Binary Interface is the standard way to interact with contracts in the Ethereum ecosystem, both +The Application Binary Interface (ABI) is the standard way to interact with contracts in the Ethereum ecosystem, both from outside the blockchain and for contract-to-contract interaction. Data is encoded according to its type, as described in this specification. The encoding is not self describing and thus requires a schema in order to decode. @@ -582,4 +582,4 @@ Note that constants will be packed using the minimum number of bytes required to This means that, for example, ``abi.encodePacked(0) == abi.encodePacked(uint8(0)) == hex"00"`` and ``abi.encodePacked(0x12345678) == abi.encodePacked(uint32(0x12345678)) == hex"12345678"``. -If padding is needed, explicit type conversions can be used: ``abi.encodePacked(uint16(0x12)) == hex"0012"``.
\ No newline at end of file +If padding is needed, explicit type conversions can be used: ``abi.encodePacked(uint16(0x12)) == hex"0012"``. |