From 9c1bdb74b97ea46c621dca430cd401589f800214 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Ward Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:16:30 +0100 Subject: Add default value details --- docs/types.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/types.rst b/docs/types.rst index cf123055..5a0acfbb 100644 --- a/docs/types.rst +++ b/docs/types.rst @@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ Solidity provides several elementary types which can be combined to form complex In addition, types can interact with each other in expressions containing operators. For a quick reference of the various operators, see :ref:`order`. -The concept of "undefined" or "null" values do not exist in Solidity. To handle any unexpected values, you should use the :ref:`revert function` to revert the whole transaction, or return a tuple with a second `bool` value denoting success. +The concept of "undefined" or "null" values do not exist in Solidity, but newly +declared variables always have a :ref:`default value` dependent +on its type. To handle any unexpected values, you should use the :ref:`revert function` to revert the whole transaction, or return a +tuple with a second `bool` value denoting success. .. index:: ! value type, ! type;value -- cgit v1.2.3