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authorLuca Ban <mesqueeb@users.noreply.github.com>2018-05-09 18:28:55 +0800
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Extra line of explanation on Abstract contracts.
And why they're useful.
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Abstract contracts decouple the definition of a contract from its implementation providing better extensibility and self-documentation and
facilitating patterns like the `Template method <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_method_pattern>`_ and removing code duplication.
+Abstract contracts are useful in the same way that defining methods in an Interface is useful. It's a way for the designer of the Abstract contract to say "any child of mine MUST implement this method".
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.. index:: ! contract;interface, ! interface contract