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| author | Leonardo Alt <leo@ethereum.org> | 2018-09-19 21:54:11 +0800 |
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| committer | Leonardo Alt <leo@ethereum.org> | 2018-09-20 21:08:52 +0800 |
| commit | e785fe0c078961f9580746f30cbaaf11c1e3c42b (patch) | |
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| parent | 5a473ab6824512512b8642af66759abb34cf3a23 (diff) | |
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Add struct->tuple to the Solidity->ABI types table
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diff --git a/docs/abi-spec.rst b/docs/abi-spec.rst index 8a5e2f5c..4e7c88d0 100644 --- a/docs/abi-spec.rst +++ b/docs/abi-spec.rst @@ -78,13 +78,14 @@ Types can be combined to a tuple by enclosing them inside parentheses, separated It is possible to form tuples of tuples, arrays of tuples and so on. It is also possible to form zero-tuples (where ``n == 0``). -.. note:: - Solidity supports all the types presented above with the same names with the exception of tuples. The ABI tuple type is utilised for encoding Solidity ``structs``. - Mapping Solidity to ABI types ----------------------------- -The following table shows on the left column Solidity types that are not part of the ABI, -and on the right column the ABI type that they map to. + +Solidity supports all the types presented above with the same names with the +exception of tuples. On the other hand, some Solidity types are not supported +by the ABI. The following table shows on the left column Solidity types that +are not part of the ABI, and on the right column the ABI types that represent +them. +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Solidity | ABI | @@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ and on the right column the ABI type that they map to. | |For example, an ``enum`` of 255 values or less is mapped to ``uint8`` and | | |an ``enum`` of 256 values is mapped to ``uint16``. | +-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +|:ref:`struct<structs>` |``tuple`` | ++-------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Formal Specification of the Encoding ==================================== |