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diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst index e78c3ff7..e87c8a67 100644 --- a/docs/contracts.rst +++ b/docs/contracts.rst @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ .. index:: ! contract +.. _contracts: + ########## Contracts ########## diff --git a/docs/types.rst b/docs/types.rst index d6767b54..3aad413d 100644 --- a/docs/types.rst +++ b/docs/types.rst @@ -192,6 +192,23 @@ The ``.gas()`` option is available on all three methods, while the ``.value()`` .. note:: The use of ``callcode`` is discouraged and will be removed in the future. +Contract Types +-------------- + +Every :ref:`contract<contracts>` defines its own type. Contracts can be implicitly converted +to contracts they inherit from. They can be explicitly converted from and to ``address`` types. + +The data representation of a contract is identical to that of the ``address`` type and +this type is also used in the :ref:`ABI<ABI>`. + +Contracts do not support any operators. + +The members of contract types are the external functions of the contract including +public state variables. + +.. note:: + Starting with version 0.5.0 contracts do not derive from the address type, but can still be explicitly converted to address. + .. index:: byte array, bytes32 |