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diff --git a/docs/types.rst b/docs/types.rst index 1673c30d..7f4570ed 100644 --- a/docs/types.rst +++ b/docs/types.rst @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ be passed via and returned from external function calls. Function types are notated as follows: - function (<parameter types>) {internal|external} [constant] [returns (<return types>)] + function (<parameter types>) {internal|external} [constant] [payable] [returns (<return types>)] In contrast to the parameter types, the return types cannot be empty - if the function type should not return anything, the whole ``returns (<return types>)`` @@ -300,8 +300,13 @@ part has to be omitted. By default, function types are internal, so the ``internal`` keyword can be omitted. +There are two ways to access a function in the current contract: Either directly +by its name, ``f``, or using ``this.f``. The former will result in an internal +function, the latter in an external function. + If a function type variable is not initialized, calling it will result -in an exception. +in an exception. The same happens if you call a function after using ``delete`` +on it. If external function types are used outside of the context of Solidity, they are converted into the ``bytes24`` type. |