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| author | Luca Ban <mesqueeb@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-05-09 18:28:55 +0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-05-09 18:28:55 +0800 |
| commit | bb7a393756bb0f7513287b0162e517a809fe0007 (patch) | |
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Extra line of explanation on Abstract contracts.
And why they're useful.
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diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst index 3576cd7b..61b757e8 100644 --- a/docs/contracts.rst +++ b/docs/contracts.rst @@ -1145,6 +1145,8 @@ Example of a Function Type (a variable declaration, where the variable is of typ 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". + .. index:: ! contract;interface, ! interface contract |