From 131e23100cab1cb3d6a69ec09d8d25aab35861f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Ward Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:39:29 +0200 Subject: Mention that there is no Cron in Ethereum --- docs/contracts.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst index 646e4cdc..5bab6e78 100644 --- a/docs/contracts.rst +++ b/docs/contracts.rst @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Contracts in Solidity are similar to classes in object-oriented languages. They contain persistent data in state variables and functions that can modify these variables. Calling a function on a different contract (instance) will perform an EVM function call and thus switch the context such that state variables are -inaccessible. +inaccessible. A contract and its functions need to be called for anything to happen. +There is no "cron" concept in Ethereum to call a function at a particular event automatically. .. include:: contracts/creating-contracts.rst -- cgit v1.2.3