From c014448397e4810fe28461d8dc5d54ba1cd376a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yoichi Hirai Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 16:55:29 +0100 Subject: doc: rephrase the case when two remapping keys are applicable Fixes #1536 --- docs/layout-of-source-files.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/layout-of-source-files.rst b/docs/layout-of-source-files.rst index 17ac8c6f..dff48be3 100644 --- a/docs/layout-of-source-files.rst +++ b/docs/layout-of-source-files.rst @@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ Use in Actual Compilers When the compiler is invoked, it is not only possible to specify how to discover the first element of a path, but it is possible to specify path prefix remappings so that e.g. ``github.com/ethereum/dapp-bin/library`` is remapped to -``/usr/local/dapp-bin/library`` and the compiler will read the files from there. If -remapping keys are prefixes of each other, the longest is tried first. This +``/usr/local/dapp-bin/library`` and the compiler will read the files from there. +If multiple remappings can be applied, the one with the longest key is tried first. This allows for a "fallback-remapping" with e.g. ``""`` maps to ``"/usr/local/include/solidity"``. Furthermore, these remappings can depend on the context, which allows you to configure packages to -- cgit v1.2.3